Kheer with basmati rice

Ingredients
Milk - 2 ltr
Uncooked Rice - 2 tsp
Sugar - 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tsp
Cardamon powder - 1 tsp
A few strands of saffron
Almonds and pistachios (finely chopped) - 2 tbsp

Preparation
Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy and broad bottomed pan. Add the washed rice and ghee. Cook on a low flame until the rice is cooked. Keep stirring so that the mixture does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Then add the sugar, Cook on a low flame until the sugar dissolves. Dissolve the saffron in a little milk and add it to the above mixture along with the cardamon powder. Mix well. Garnish with the almonds and pistachios. Serve hot.