Kheer is a South Asian rice pudding made by boiling rice, broken wheat, tapioca, or vermicelli with milk and sugar; it is flavoured with cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashew nuts,pistachios or almonds. It is typically served during a meal or as a dessert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kheer
Serves : 4-5
Kitchenwares and Ingredients used by Kitchen-e-India:
| Sr no. | Kitchenware | Quantity |
| 1 | Kadahi/Wok/Pan ( should contain milk around 1.5 litres or more) | 1 |
| 2 | Spatula | 1 |
| 3 | Small Bowl | 2 |
Sr no. |
Ingredients | Quantity |
| 1 | Basmati Rice ( long grained rice) | ½ cup ( washed ) |
| 2 | Milk | 1 litre |
| 3 | Sugar | 4 tea spoons |
| 4 | Cardamom powder | ½ tea spoon |
| 5 | Saffron | 3-4 threads or a pinch |
| 6 | Raisins | 2 tea spoons |
| 7 | Almonds | 1 tea spoon (chopped) |
| 8 | Cashew nuts | 1 tea spoon (chopped) |
| 9 | Pistachios | 1 tea spoon (chopped) |
| 10 | Ghee | ½ tea spoon |
Preparation Method used by Kitchen-e-India:
(1) Take ghee into Pan/wok/Kadahi and heat it for 2 mins. Add almonds, cashew nuts and pistachios into it and stir with the help of spatula for 1 min on low flame and then take all of them out in a small bowl.
(2) Put milk in the same Pan/Kadahi and let it boil on medium flame. Once the milk boils turn the knob of the stove to low and take out half cup of milk in the other small bowl, leave the remaining milk in the Pan/kadahi without turning off the knob.
(3) Soak saffron in the milk which is taken out in small bowl and leave it there .
(4) Add rice and sugar to the Pan/Kadahi with milk and keep stirring it with the help of spatula in an interval of 5 mins on medium flame. You need to keep on stirring until the milk is thickened little bit ( milk turns to half ) and the rice becomes soft.
(5) Once the milk has thickened and the rice has become soft turn off the knob.
Add the following in the Pan/kadahi with milk, rice and sugar:
the roasted dry fruits which we kept in small bowl ( cashew nuts, almonds and pistachios), raisins, milk with soaked saffron kept in another small bowl and cardamom powder. Mix everything with the help of spatula.
(6) Serve hot or cold and enjoy eating.
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