Lebanese style rice milk

Ingredients:
• 3/4 cup of Egyptian rice washed
• 1 1/4 cup hot water
• 8 cups liquid milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tbsp orange blossom water
• 1/2 tsp checked mastic with a sprinkle of sugar
• 1/2 cup crushed pistachios

Preparation:
• Wash the rice and soak it in the hot water for one hour.
• Put the rice with the soaking water in a saucepan on the fire.
• Leave the rice boil with stirring, to not stick, for about 10 minutes.
• Add the milk to the rice and continue stirring for 45 minutes.
• Add sugar to rice and milk and stir well for 5 minutes.
• Add the mastic and then the orange blossom water and leave the mixture boil for 3 minutes.
• Pour the mixture in small plates and sprinkle with pistachios.
• Leave to cool at room temperature, then put in refrigerator and served cold.

[christinav]

No need to stir for 40 mins. I boil I cup rice in three cups water then put it in low and cover to steam. But keep stirring, when it’s cooked I put the rice into 1 litre boiling milk stir for five minutes add sugar and vanilla cover and turn off heat and let it cool down. Very easy to start of with already cooked rice.

[Dragonfruit-oq]

Hello will the pudding be thick without corn starch? What if it’s too watery? Thx!