Name: Ruby poached pear with rice kheer recipe by Lata Lala at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Pears long and firm 2; Hibiscus flower petals 25; Grated small beetroot 1; Star anise 2; Cardamom 2; Cinnamon Stick 1; Honey 1/3 cup; Water as required; Melted dark chocolate 4 spoons; Chopped pista 8 to 10; Silver balls to garnish; Rice 2 spoons; Milk 1/2 liter; Salt a pinch; Dates jaggery as ler your taste

Ingredients Serving: 2

Pears long and firm 2
Hibiscus flower petals 25
Grated small beetroot 1
Star anise 2
Cardamom 2
Cinnamon Stick 1
Honey 1/3 cup
Water as required
Melted dark chocolate 4 spoons
Chopped pista 8 to 10
Silver balls to garnish
Rice 2 spoons
Milk 1/2 liter
Salt a pinch
Dates jaggery as ler your taste

Instructions

Wash and Pat dry hibiscus leaves
Soak rice in water
In a pan put water and add hibiscus leaves and grated beetroot
Add star anise, cardamom, cinnamon stick and honey. Bring it to boil.
Next add peeled pear one by one
Lower the flame and in between turn the sides of pears so that colour is coated from all sides properly.
Once pears are cooked, remove it on tissue paper to drain the excess water from it
Now starin the Ruby coloured water and put back on the flame to thicken it more.
In another pan add milk and bring it to boil
Add soaked rice and a pinch of salt
Cook on slow flame till rice is cooked fully
In between add little water from time to time
Once rice is cooked and it's merged in milk, put off the flame
Add dates jaggery and keep mixing till it melts completely.
Keep it aside to cool a bit.
Now pour ruby coloured thickened sauce over pears one more time.
Keep it aside
Melt the dark chocolate in microwave
Mix it at every 30 second interval till it becomes of dripping consistency
Dab the excess sauce from the bottom of pears with tissue paper
Coat the lower 1/4 portion of pears in melted chocolate
use 2 spoon for pouring chocolate over pears. One for pouring nd one for spreading.
Immediately sprinkle silver balls and chopped pista over chocolate
Now in a deep plate pour rice kheer first and then place poached pears over it
You can serve rice kheer warm or cold

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