Heat a pan. Add drained rice and five cups of milk and let it come to a boil. Reduce heat and cook, stirring continuously, so that the milk does not burn.

Take custard powder in a bowl, add the remaining milk and whisk.

Halve the grapes and remove seeds. Dice apple. Peel and dice bananas.

Heat butter in a pan. Add apple, bananas, grapes, orange segments, sweet lime segments and one tablespoon sugar and stir. Cover and cook on low heat till the fruits soften.

Add the custard powder mixture to the kheer once the rice is cooked and stir. Cook till thick.

Add the remaining sugar and stir till all the sugar dissolves. Add saffron and mix.

Transfer the stewed fruits into the serving bowl. Pour the custard kheer over them. Sprinkle pomegranate pearls and serve.