Non-Dairy Horchata

Name: Non-Dairy Horchata
Ingredients: 3/4 cup basmati rice; 6 cardamom pods, seeds removed and crushed; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more to taste; 1/3 cup peeled, slivered almonds; 5 cups water; 1/4 cup white sugar

6 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cup basmati rice
6 cardamom pods, seeds removed and crushed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more to taste
1/3 cup peeled, slivered almonds
5 cups water
1/4 cup white sugar

Directions

1

Place rice in a blender and grind to a fine texture. Transfer to a large pitcher. Add crushed cardamom and cinnamon.
2

Grind almonds and 1/3 cup water together in the blender. Add to rice mixture in the pitcher. Add 4 cups water and stir. Cover pitcher and let horchata sit 8 hours to overnight.
3

Transfer horchata to the blender and add sugar. Blend, gradually adding 2/3 cup water, until smooth. Pour mixture through cheesecloth into a separate container, squeezing gently to extract the milk. Refrigerate horchata 15 minutes before serving.