can you make risotto using short grain pudding rice?

[GeorgeEliot]

anyone tried this? never make rice pudding but have had the short grain rice hanging around for ages and was wondering if I could substitute it for arborio to make risotto.

[Catsmamma]

yes...tis more or less the same thing.

[GeorgeEliot]

Thank you.

It was good.

[whimsicalname]

i always use pudding rice because it's half the price. You can't tell the difference.