Today I have been literally dreaming of having " Kheer"... warm kheer in a bowl/katori with pista/chilgoze/kishmish on a winter day is like dream come true.
Kheer is an Indian Sub-continent sweet dish. It is made of rice, milk, sugar or jaggery.
Usually rice is soaked in water for half an hour before the preparation. Milk ( 1/2 the quantity) is poured in a vessel and is boiled, sugar as per taste is added to, then soaked or cooked rice ( as desirable) is added to the milk and cooked on slow heat. Important to keep using a kadchi or spatula so the rice does not stick.
Another to cook is using a pressure cooker.
Once the kheer is cooked it is served warm with flavored saffron, caradamom, cashews, badams etc.or way to serve is to keep the cooked kheer in refrigerator for 2 hours and served cold. It tastes like ice-cream. In some places- coconut milk, jaggery are used extensively.
In India there are various names or versions of Kheer :-
If you wish to taste Kheer I would suggest you can walk in to or any friends from any part of the Indian Sub-continent and taste their version of Kheer.
Other options are the visit some restaurants in any part of India/Pakistan/Bangladesh and can ask for your share of kheer.
Enjoy yummy garama garam kheer :)
Kheer is an Indian Sub-continent sweet dish. It is made of rice, milk, sugar or jaggery.
Usually rice is soaked in water for half an hour before the preparation. Milk ( 1/2 the quantity) is poured in a vessel and is boiled, sugar as per taste is added to, then soaked or cooked rice ( as desirable) is added to the milk and cooked on slow heat. Important to keep using a kadchi or spatula so the rice does not stick.
Another to cook is using a pressure cooker.
Once the kheer is cooked it is served warm with flavored saffron, caradamom, cashews, badams etc.or way to serve is to keep the cooked kheer in refrigerator for 2 hours and served cold. It tastes like ice-cream. In some places- coconut milk, jaggery are used extensively.In India there are various names or versions of Kheer :-
- Kheer- in Northern parts of India and Pakistan Punjab
- Payesh- In Bengal/Orissa
- Payasam- In Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala in South India
- Chawal ki Kheer
If you wish to taste Kheer I would suggest you can walk in to or any friends from any part of the Indian Sub-continent and taste their version of Kheer.
Other options are the visit some restaurants in any part of India/Pakistan/Bangladesh and can ask for your share of kheer.
Enjoy yummy garama garam kheer :)
