Carrot Kheer / Carrot Badam Kheer

This is a very healthy, nutritious and also a tasty kheer. Esp, when you are always bored of preparing and serving and having Payasam for Virundhu, you can try your hand on this..

Ingredients:

1.       Carrot: 7

2.       Badam (Almond) : 10 to 15

3.       Sugar: ¾ Azhakku (180 gms)

4.       Milk : ¾ l

5.       Elaichi Powder / Cardamom Powder

6.       Water

Preparation Procedure:

1.       Soak the Badam in water for 1 hour and peel the skin and grind them to a fine powder

2.       Peel the carrot and boil the carrots without cutting them by adding the carrot and little water to the pressure cooker. Allow 4 whistles.

3.       In the meantime, boil milk.

4.       Allow this to cool for sometime, mash the carrots by hand and put it in the same mixer along with the grinded Badam.

5.       Grind this as a very fine paste.

6.       Transfer this paste to a container and add little water (100 ml) and sugar and keep stirring them on a low flame till sugar dissolves.

7.       Add the boiled hot milk and keep it on stove and stir for 5 mins.

8.       You may add 1 or 2 tbsps of Milk Maid or Mithai Mate also for enhanced taste. Add a pinch of cardamom powder

9.       Switch off the stove and allow the Kheer to cool for 2 hours in refrigerator.

Chill tasty Carrot Kheer is ready to serve..