Name: Carrot Kheer - Healthy
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 cups carrots (peeled and chopped); 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 litre milk; 1/4 cup chopped (cashew nuts or almonds); 1 tbsp ghee; 6-8 Green Cardamoms (peeled and seeds crushed to fine powder); Saffron (A pinch, dissolved in 2 tbsp of warm water or milk)

Carrot Kheer - Healthy

Easy kheer/payasam with Carrots

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

3 cups carrots peeled and chopped
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 litre milk
1/4 cup chopped cashew nuts or almonds
1 tbsp ghee
6-8 Green Cardamoms peeled and seeds crushed to fine powder
Saffron A pinch, dissolved in 2 tbsp of warm water or milk

Instructions

Chop the carrots and cook it in about 1 cup milk in a pressure cooker. Allow it to cool.
Once the carrots are cooled; puree the carrots along with the milk in a blender until smooth.
Transfer the carrot milk puree to a heavy bottomed vessel. Add rest of the milk. Turn the heat on to medium high. Add in the sugar and stir continuously until all the sugar is dissolved.
Turn the heat to low and allow the mixture to simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Adjust sugar according to your taste.
Heat the ghee in a small pan; add the cashew nuts or almonds and roast them until golden brown.
Soak few strands of saffron in 2 tbsp milk.
Turn off the heat and set aside or transfer to a serving bowl. Stir in the roasted nuts into the above carrot kheer. Add the saffron milk and powdered cardamom to the kheer.