Monday, March 23, 2009

Kesari Kheer

Lucknow!! wish i could visit this place while my next visit to India.. i certainly fallen in love with Lucknowi cuisine when i went for searching delicious dishes for RCI-Lucknow guest hosted by Lavi of  Home Cook's Recipe's, event started by Lakshmi...Lucknow is the captial of Uttar Pradesh..Nawabs of Lucknows are well known for their slow cooking ( dum style) may be my next cooking venture might be a dum style rice dish who knows,I crossed this kesari kheer while browsing through a link Lavi have listed in her post..once i start reading the ingredients, immediately i want to try them..This Kesari Kheer needs just simple ingredients n they tastes delicious..This kheer is definitely gone to be a keeper for us..


3Cups Whole Milk
1/4cup Sugar
1/4cup Rice
1/2cup Condensed Milk
1/4tsp Nutmeg powder
15nos Almonds (chopped as pieces)
10nos Pistachios(chopped as pieces)
4nos Green Cardamoms (powdered)
1/2 tsp Saffron threads (soaked in little warm milk)

Wash and soak rice in 1/2 cup of water for 1 hour. Cook the rice in the same water until the rice is fully cooked, add milk to the cooked rice. when the milk starts boiling, simmer and leave the kheer to cook till the milk starts thickening, stirring occassionally. Mash the rice a liitle, add sugar and condensed milk.Add almond pieces, pistachios pieces and saffron. Boil the mixture one more time. Remove from flame, add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.

Serve chilled r hot as per ur preference!!

21 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow.. looks delicious.. nice colour.. kalakunga...

Chutneytales said... Reply To This Comment

Thats a yummy n rich pudding recipe..Nice entry for the event :)

Lavanya Raj said... Reply To This Comment

Priya Kalakittinga! Superb a irukku! Thanks for a Nice Dessert!

Saritha said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely dish and beautiful colour

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Even i am in search of lucknowi recipes Priya..this is a yummy sweet...drooling.

FH said... Reply To This Comment

After cooking Moghlai dishes, I am wishing I could visit and taste Lucknowi cooking too. Kheer looks delcious! :)

LifenSpice said... Reply To This Comment

it looks delicious. feel like having a small serving right now:)

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

Just reading the ingridients makes me drool.
Wish i had a glass of that delicous kheer.

Ashwini said... Reply To This Comment

wow So rich and yummy kheer.. Delicious..

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Looks like kulfi color! Very rich dessert!

Jaishree Iyer said... Reply To This Comment

Kheer looks delcious! :)Lovely colour priya:) mouth watering...

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

Kheer looks fabulous Priya! Picture is great too!

Priya Sriram said... Reply To This Comment

Kheer looks so delicious Priya! Wonderful delight! :)

Lavanya said... Reply To This Comment

yummy n great entry for the event !!

Mangala Bhat said... Reply To This Comment

wow ! priya ...lovely :) looks very delicious :)

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

THe kheer looks so rich and creamy Priya, adding nutmeg is new to me, I have to try this out soon :)

Pooja said... Reply To This Comment

can imagine the taste of it...looking so colorful and delicious..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

oooo hhhh mouthwatering is it finished or still some more there so tempting priya

Poornima Nair said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so rich and creamy...

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Love the colour.looks too delicious

Varsha Vipins said... Reply To This Comment

yumm..I just love Kheers..:)