Indian Desserts : Rice Kheer | Doodh Paak | Rice Payasam Recipe

Rice Kheer also known as rice pudding, is an important and traditional Indian sweet dish. Rice Kheer is a classic dessert, very traditional to the Indian subcontinent.  Here is a very quick and easy rice kheer recipe. A great way to use left-over rice.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes including time for preparation of Rice

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 500 ml Milk
• 250 gms Rice
• 200 gms Sugar
• 50 gms ghee 
• 3 table spoon chopped nuts 

Method:

• Pick and wash the rice.
• Soak in water for 30 minutes.

• Drain completely.
• Melt the ghee in a pan, add the drained rice and saute for 5-7 minutes on a medium flame.

• Add milk and cook on a low flame till the milk is reduced to 3/4th its original quantity.
• Add the sugar and simmer further till the milk is reduced to half its original quantity.

• Garnish with nuts roasted in ghee.

PS:  We could use the left over rice as well. If that’s is the case, just add rice in a kadai and use half the quantity of milk (that is 250 ml). And follow the same procedure. Beleave me, one cant guess the used rice is left over rice. :)

Indian Sweets : Quick And Easy To Prepare Shrikhand Recipe

Shrikhand is a classic delicacy of Western India, to be had along with puris or as it is.  It is a dessert from Gujarat, prepared on the occasions and festivals like Diwali and Janmashtami.  It is also a very popular sweet dish in Maharastra and equally popular in all over western India.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes (Excluding the time to prepare hung yogurt)

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of ready made yogurt or yogurt made from 1 liters of milk
• 1 cup of granulated sugar
• 2 spoon sour cream
• Few strands of saffron soaked in about 1 tablespoon warm milk
• About ¼ teaspoon crushed cardamom
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
• 1 tablespoon sliced pistachios

Method:

• Take a clean muslin cloth and take the yogurt in it.
• Tie a knot and hang it so that all the water drains out from the yogurt.

• Leave it like this overnight (or for around 10 hours)
• Yogurt will become thick in consistency and is called hung yogurt.
• Put yogurt into a bowl, add sour cream, sugar and mix it well.

• Add crushed cardamom for aroma.
• Add the saffron milk for saffron color, yellowish orange.
• Beat well till sugar dissolves.

• Now add almonds and pistachios.
• Chill for 2 hours before serving.