You don't have to cook the rice at all. You can wash the rice and put in all the ingredients into the crockpot. The cooking time will be a few more hours. After three hours, the milk starts boiling and its important for the crockpot to be covered. The kheer will thicken upon cooling. You may add more milk in end, if you find it too thick. The kheer will tend to cook and stick more where the element is. So when stirring be sure to stir and scrape well, near the element. Your crockpot might take more or less time. I like the rice completely broken and mixed in with the milk. If your kheer has not thickened , keep cooking, Add more milk if needed and mix and cook some more.
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