Sütlaç — Turkish Rice Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 litre milk
• Half a cup broken rice
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tbsp rice flour or starch
• 1 sachet vanillin
• 1½ cups water
• Cinnamon, to finish

Method

1. Rinse the broken rice and put it in a pot with the water.
2. Cook on low heat until the rice absorbs the water and softens.
3. Add the milk and let it come to a simmer, stirring now and then.
4. Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves.
5. Slake the rice flour in a little cold milk and stir it in.
6. When the mixture coats the spoon, add the vanillin and take it off the heat.
7. Divide into bowls, chill once cool and serve dusted with cinnamon.