🇹🇯 Tajik Cuisine

Shirmoy

Sweet Milk Rice

Prep Time 10 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 259 kcal

A comforting rice pudding cooked in milk with butter, sugar, and a hint of cardamom — a beloved Tajik breakfast and dessert.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Rinse rice, boil in water until half-cooked, about 8 min.
  2. 2 Add milk, reduce heat to low. Stir gently.
  3. 3 Add butter, sugar, cardamom, and salt.
  4. 4 Simmer 15-20 min until rice is very soft and creamy.
  5. 5 Serve warm in bowls.

Did You Know?

Shirmoy is the traditional first solid food given to Tajik babies, gently mashed to a smooth porridge.