Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Gulkand & Makhana Kheer/Rose Petal Preserve and Puffed Lotus Seeds Kheer

Dunno about you all,being a South Indian my tastebuds always crave for North Indian foods,earlier mom use to prepare very rarely North Indian style foods and her special dish is channa masala, but i dont hesitate a second to make some at home since ever i started blogging. Yep if i crave for something i'll make them immediately, obviously my pantry is well stuffed with North Indian spices and spice powders. If you live in abroad and mostly in European countries like France, you will definitely miss chaat foods, obviously blogging teached me and my first ever chaat food i tried at home is Pani puri, still remember how they turned pretty much prefect and i was gobbing like a kid.

Gulkand and makhana, the famous rose petal preserve and puffed lotus seeds these two ingredients were completely unknown for me before few years, once again i have say big thanks to blogging and many more North Indian foodie bloggers. You all know very well that am running my first week of blogging marathon and today is my third and final day of this week's BM, my theme for this week is pick one and make three dishes and since two days am showcasing makhana/foxnuts aka puffed lotus seeds, here comes finally a dessert as today's post; i combined both gulkand and makhana and this kheer turned out simply mindblowing,my H was enjoying this kheer when they were still warm, i was surprised when he said he simply loved this kheer.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#26.



2cups Puffed lotus seeds
2tbsp Gulkand/rose petal preserve
4cups Milk
3/4cup Sugar (decrease if you want)
1/2tsp Rose water
Few chopped nuts
1tbsp Ghee

Heat the ghee in a pan, now roast the puffed lotus seeds until they turns crispy.

Take almost a cup of the puffed lotus seeds in a mixer, grind it as bit coarse powder.

Meanwhile bring boil the milk with gulkand,sugar and cook until the sugar gets dissolves.

Now add the already prepared roasted puffed seeds and grounded lotus seeds to the hot milk,cook for few minutes.

Grounded lotus seeds will thicken the kheer, its optional,if you want to skip,you can do,but i'll advice to do.

Finally add the rose water and put off the stove.

Serve this kheer warm topped with chopped nuts.

56 comments:

Sanoli Ghosh said... Reply To This Comment

OMG! fantabulous kheer dear. Never heard about it. Truelly amazing!

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Flavorful and healthy kheer dear

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

Oh Gosh... Awesome kheer Priya... U really rock...
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Pleasant color and lovely gheer,

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

kheer looks so fantastic and yumm:)

Motions and Emotions said... Reply To This Comment

It must be delicious!

notyet100 said... Reply To This Comment

Very innovative recipe,..:) looks yummylicious,

Abhivyaktiya said... Reply To This Comment

Gulkand is my favourite, with makhana in kheer, perfect healthy recipe

Rumana Rawat said... Reply To This Comment

That looks so creamy and mouthwatering.. And I must say you are slowing becoming the professional photographer.. :) lovely pic...

Subhie Arun said... Reply To This Comment

omg..awesome ..n v invotive dear....lovely pic too!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

fantastic combination and a droolicious kheer!

great-secret-of-life said... Reply To This Comment

looks too good to resist

Nadji said... Reply To This Comment

Je ne connais pas les graines de lotus soufflées.
Ton dessert me semble fabuleux.
Il va me falloir trouver ces graines.
Sinon, j'ai tout le reste.
A bientôt

Padhu Sankar said... Reply To This Comment

Looks fantastic.

Sushma said... Reply To This Comment

never had this before looks so yummy :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

awesomely inviting...luv it!!
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Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Love to have this right now, very tempting

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious kheer! Drooling over here!!
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saraniskitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Gulkand is my favourite sis am bookmarking this...

Julie said... Reply To This Comment

wow wow wow..such a tempting post with such beautiful innovative ideas,priya..hats off!!
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Archana said... Reply To This Comment

I wanted to see what you will be psoting as day 3> must say I am not the least bit disappointed. You are awesome.Will you lend me your thinking hat?

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow delicious and tempting kheer :)

eshoboshoaahare.blogspot.in said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy Kheer Priya... Never tried this one... Awesome looking too... Thanks for sharing.

veena said... Reply To This Comment

My daughter loves north indian food too. Kheer looks awesome Priya!

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and aromatic kheer Priya. Love it.

The Pumpkin Farm said... Reply To This Comment

what a fascinating recipe...lovely, lovely mix of flavors

Priya Anandakumar said... Reply To This Comment

very yummy dear

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Wow new to me,looks delicious and healthy too.

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

U always rock priya,never imagine this combo.....looks yumm!!

Chef Mireille said... Reply To This Comment

I am so intrigued to look for these lotus seeds

Hari Chandana P said... Reply To This Comment

Wowwwwwwwww... looks amazing :D

Sweet'n'Savoury said... Reply To This Comment

such an amazing and innovative kheer Priya, loved it. I can see your gulkand has been used pretty well!!

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

nice recipes,looks yum

Nalini's Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

sounds innovative and inviting,looks creamy and delicious....

vaishali sabnani said... Reply To This Comment

Gulkand is my all time favorite and a kheer with it, awesome , love the combo . Absolutely stunning!

Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

delicious kheer n loved ur clicks...super cute presentation...

Shabitha Karthikeyan said... Reply To This Comment

Wow that looks super good !! Creamy and yummy !!

divya said... Reply To This Comment

Totally drooling here !!! This looks amazing :)

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

I can only stare, and drool over this amazing exotic dessert...rose petal preserve?...wow! The Kheer is gorgeous and totally divine:)

Kaveri Venkatesh said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious Kheer

kraftangan said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks for sharing such innovative recipes ! I have never used lotus,seeds, only seen in stores. U have inspired me ! Gosh that first pic is awesome :-)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

u have loads and loads of makhana recipes!!! bookmarking this delicious and simple kheer!!!
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Jayashree said... Reply To This Comment

That pic has me drooling, Priya.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Such a rare and lovely combination Priya. And it is indeed true that Blogging opens our views to different things that we have never even imagined.

Kalyani said... Reply To This Comment

priya - you have brought the Makhana to life in 3 stunning creations this BM ! way to go gal :-) The kheer looks awesome, more than that loved the pic !!

Manju said... Reply To This Comment

Nice presentation. Feeling to have some.

Rajani S said... Reply To This Comment

What a beautiful click, Priya! Nice, really nice!!

Suma Gandlur said... Reply To This Comment

As I mentioned earlier, love your recent pictures.
I have eaten gulkhand back in India during my childhood but to date, somehow can't bring myself to buy lotus stems. I have this preconceived notion that some how I am not going to like them. :(
Your kheer however looks droolworty.

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

That's definitely a very unique combination. Sounds absolutely delicious.

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Wow, Very innovative and delicious looking kheer. Who else can come up with such a nice combination??

Shylaja said... Reply To This Comment

Gulkand looks fabulous Priya. The picture looks pretty

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

I m just thinking about the aroma of this delicious kheer!!! Lip-smacking!!!

preeti garg said... Reply To This Comment

I love this kheer awesome

Harini R said... Reply To This Comment

The pictures for the past few days are mind blowing just like the kheer here! What a creative idea of combining makhana and gulkhand!!

Sandhya Ramakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

Wow! Yummy...Is the gulkhund the same thing that is inside the Meeta pan that we eat from a panwala! I should see if we can get it here. What a simple and delicious recipe :)

Corporate to Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

I love your photography skills. You dish looks mouthwatering. Although I am not a fan of Rose flavour but your dish is defenitely inviting.