Carrot Kheer

Carrot Kheer/Payasam is one of the delicious and also a nutritious dessert. This dessert can be prepared easily and consumes less time. It can be served hot or chilled. But I prefer to have it chilled:) This dessert is more suitable for small parties. You can even prepare this a day before & refrigerate it. What a lovely color it is!! Come on..lets get into the preparation of this Kheer.

Carrot Kheer Recipe

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Soaking Time: 1/2 hr | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 3
Category : Dessert | Cuisine : Indian

Ingredients
 Carrots - 2 medium sized (grated)
 Milk - 1/2 liter
 Sugar - 4 tbsp
 Ghee - 1 tsp
 Cashews - 6
 Almonds - 6
 Cardamom powder - a generous pinch
 Saffron - 4 strands
 Broken cashews - few for garnishing

Method

1. Soak the almonds and cashews in warm water for half an hour. Remove the skin of almonds. Grind both almonds and cashews together coarsely. Soak saffron strands in a tbsp of warm milk for 5 mins.


2. Wash and remove the skin of the carrots and grate them using the blade with small holes.

3. Heat a tsp of ghee and fry the cashews. In the same pan add the grated carrots and saute it till the raw smell leaves.

4. Boil the milk in medium flame and keep stirring in between till it reduces in volume.

5. Now add the carrots and cashew-almond paste to the boiling milk. Cook for few more minutes stirring in between so that the carrots are cooked well.

6.  Add sugar and give it a quick stir.

7. Add cardamom powder & saffron soaked milk. Garnish it with fried cashews.

Serve it hot or chilled as per your choice.