Sütlaç is one of the oldest Turkish desserts.
The first food we meet as babies is milk, and then cow’s milk takes its place. This may be why the first known desserts in history were milk-based. One of the most known and loved milk desserts is rice pudding. According to the “Uwa” recipe in Divan-ü Lügat-it Türk, after the rice is cooked, it is thrown into cold water. This is then filtered and sugar is added to create a dessert that is eaten cold.
In the 15th century, rice pudding is mentioned in Kaygusuz Abdal’s medical books and poems. At that time it was called “milky soup” or “milky rice”.
Rice pudding, which emerged in the Ottoman Empire and is popular in Italy today, was served as “Turkish style rice with milk sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon” as the third course at a banquet given by Pope Pius V in 1570. British Ambassador Lord John Finch noted that there was rice pudding at the banquet given by the grand vizier after IV, appeared before Mehmet.
Ingredients for Rice Pudding Recipe
– 1 liter of milk
– 2 teaspoons of rice
– 1 liter of water
– 3 tablespoons of rice flour
– 1.5 -2 cups of granulated sugar (if you don’t like it too sugary, you can use 1.5 cups)
– 1 glass of water Milk
– Cinnamon
How to make rice pudding:
1. To make rice pudding, first wash the rice and put it on the fire with water.
2. Boil the rice until it gets long and absorb the water, add the cold milk.
3. Stir 1-2 times and wait for it to boil.
4. In the meantime, mash the rice flour with 1 glass of cold milk in a bowl.
5. Take 1-2 scoops of the milk that is boiling in the pot and add it to the bowl. (rice flour must be warm).
6. Add the rice flour to the pot, cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
7. Add granulated sugar, mix and boil for 1-2 times.
8. Divide the rice pudding into bowls.
9. When it cools down, you can serve the rice pudding by sprinkling cinnamon on it. Enjoy your meal.
