Carrot Kheer Recipe | Carrot Payasam Recipe
Carrot Kheer is a yummy, creamy dessert made by simmering cooked carrot puree with milk, sweetening with sugar, flavoring with cardamom powder, saffron and & garnishing with chopped nuts. Carrot Kheer is made on special occasions and is quite easy to make. Recipe includes step by step pictures and video.
Servings3 cups
Ingredients
- 4 medium sized carrots
- 4 cups milk
- ¾ cup sugar
- 8 whole cashews
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 10 strands saffron
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
- chopped nuts to garnish
Instructions
- Take 4 medium sized carrots. Trim both the edges, remove the skin and rinse it well.
- Chop it roughly and keep it ready.
- To a pressure cooker heat 1 tablespoon ghee add chopped carrots saute for 3 minutes.
- Add around 8 whole cashews, ½ cup milk and ½ water. Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
- Check if carrot is cooked.
- Cool down and puree it slightly coarse.
- To a sauce pan boil 3 and ½ cups milk, simmer for few minutes.
- Add cooked carrot puree.
- Add ¾ cup sugar.
- Add around 10 strands saffron.
- Mix it well and let it boil for 15 minutes.
- Then add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder and chopped nuts.
- Mix it well and switch off.
- Carrot Kheer is ready!
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Notes
- Carrots - Choose fresh carrots. Trim the edges, remove the skin, rinse well and chop it roughly.
- Grinding - You can grind it to a coarse mixture too if you like it that way.
- Milk - Boil milk well, simmer for few minutes only then add carrot paste.
- Cashews - Instead of cashews you can add almonds while grinding too but blanch it remove the skin then grind it along with carrots.
- Replacement - You can replace sugar with ½ cup condensed milk for a rich kheer.
- Nuts - You can add ghee fried cashews or other nuts too. This kheer tastes good on its own but if you prefer you can add raw chopped nuts as garnish.
Nutrition Facts
Carrot Kheer Recipe | Carrot Payasam Recipe
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 490
Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 9g56%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 52mg17%
Sodium 186mg8%
Potassium 826mg24%
Carbohydrates 76g25%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 70g78%
Protein 12g24%
Vitamin A 14132IU283%
Vitamin C 8mg10%
Calcium 433mg43%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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