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Kheer (Rice Pudding)
July 21st, 2007 filed under Desserts
Kheer is an Indian version of rice pudding cooked with milk and sugar, flavored with nuts and saffron.
Recipe serves 4 to 6
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup rice
- 4 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup sugar (adjust to taste)
- 6 strands of saffron
- Pinch of crushed cardamom
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon sliced pistachios
- 1 teaspoon butter
Method:
- Use a non-stick frying pan to make kheer.
- Wash rice, changing water until the water appears clear.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan on medium heat.
- Add the rice and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the milk, cook until the rice is tender and the milk is creamy and reduced to about half. Stir often to ensure the milk does not burn in the bottom of the pan.
- Add the sugar, saffron, cardamom, almonds and pistachios and let simmer for a few more minutes.
- Turn off the heat.
- As kheer cools of will become thicker in texture.
- Kheer can be served chilled or warm.
Variation:
- Saffron, almonds and pistachios are optional in this recipe.
- Instead of rice, make the kheer using only almonds and pistachios and flavor with cardamom and saffron.
- Rice can be replaced with Vermicelli.
Tips:
If you will be serving chilled add 1 teaspoon of extra sugar
Hello Manjula Aunty,
I am cooking kheer today after a long time and I opened your site to see the ingredients and check our their quantity once again. Your website is a ready referrence for a lot of dishes . Thank you
Hi,
I know this doesn’t help for a milk based alternative if someone’s vegan but a combination of milk and condensed ( canned milk ) make a rich alternative – not necessarily the most healthy option but it gives it a very rich consistancy.
ive made this recipe with 3 cups soy milk, and one cup coconut milk and it turns out delicious!
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Wonderful recipe! I just made it and it’s cooling on the stove! Thank you! Every recipe of yours that I’ve tried has come out wonderfully!
hi manjula
can u tell some varieties of sevai?i mean we get readymade sevai…….with that good upmas…or any other variety
Hi Manjula Aunty,
I did this recipe with samo rice (sama ke chawaal) on one of the days when i was fasting……It was absolutely amazing and almost tasted like pheerni.
By just changing the rice type……this dish can serve as two in a one recipe.
Keep up the great videos.
Thanks
Hello Manjula,
I am a vegan and I am wondering if this recipe can be made with a milk alternative? If so, which do you recommend? Almond milk, soy milk, rice milk? Thanks, can’t wait to serve this on Friday after my curry dinner.
You could make this with almond or soy milk or combo of both. Try and experiment and I’m sure it would come out great! Personally, I would try making this with coconut milk as it is creamy in texture like milk and make it coconut kheer. Try adding dates and even jaggery(palm sugar) to coconut kheer and it will come at amazing.
Hope I helped out!