Kesar Rice Kheer
Kheer is an integral part of every Indian home . Be it any festival or an important life event or even as sacred as offering prasad in the temple and during fasting/ upvaas , kheer is one Indian dessert that fits into any special occasion menu. It is mainly made during auspicious occasions like Diwali, holi, Navratri and even birthday’s.We are kheer lovers and never actually need a reason to make one . It’s kind of comfort food for us.
Kheer is Indian version of rice pudding made by slow cooking rice in milk with addition of fragrant ingredients like saffron , cardamom, rose water and generous amount of nuts. It is sweetened with sugar or jaggery. And the best part it doesn’t contain eggs. It is simmered and reduced to form a palatable decoction you cannot resist.
Ingredients
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2 teaspoon ghee
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¼ cup/ 45 grams presoaked and drained short MB Agro Basmati Rice
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4 cups/ 1 litre warm milk
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5 tablespoons sugar
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Pinch of salt
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2-3 cardamom crushed
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Generous pinch of saffron strands
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¼ cup chopped / sliced assorted nuts
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2 teaspoon rose water optional
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1 tablespoon dried rose petals optional
Preparation for Kesar Rice Kheer
1. Wash and soak the rice for atleast an hour. Drain the water from the soaked rice.
2. Soak saffron in 1 tablespoon of warm milk and keep aside.
3. Heat up a heavy bottom non – stick pan . Add in ghee.
4. Now stir in the drained rice for 1 minute on medium heat.
5. Now slowly add in the warm milk.
6. Let it come to a boil. Stir occasionally .
7. Once it starts to boil , lower the heat and keep stirring often to avoid rice or milk sticking to the bottom and the sides.
8. The milk will start thickening and reducing within 20 minutes.
9. After 20 minutes , just check the rice , it should be tender enough .
10. Now add in the sugar, salt , cardamom and saffron milk.
11. Cook it for another 10 minutes. The milk should have considerably reduced.
12. Mash some rice with the back of the spoon if desired.
13. It might look thin , but remember after cooling and chilling it will considerably thicken up.
14. Stir in the chopped nuts.
15. Switch off the flame.
16. Serve warm or chilled.
17. Add rose water and rose petals just before serving.
About MB Agro Products
The journey started when Madan ManMohan & Co was founded by Mr Madan Verma in the year 1979, Over the decades the company has become an integral part of the food grains supply chain (Specifically Rice). In the year 2014 Mitul Sarwal established MB Agro under the aegis Of Madan Manmohan and Company. Since then MB Agro has diversified into Pulses, Nuts, Spices apart from rice completing your total kitchen requirements. That's why we say:-
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