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Kheer
Yesterday was my friend’s birthday, and I wanted to cook something sweet for her at home. What else could be a better option than kheer? It is easy to cook, tastes delicious and you can never go wrong if you prepare it the way I did !! Believe me, in no time I cooked delicious kheer and gave a wonderful surprise to my friend.
If you had prepared Pulao with us last week, then you should be having rice at home. Take 1 cup rice, and wash it properly with water. Add 4 cups of water to it and place it in the cooker. Cook till you hear the cooker whistle 2 times.
Put off the stove and wait till the cooker cools down. Take out the rice and add 1½ cup sugar to it. Mix well. Don’t worry if the rice grains break.
Soon, you will see some water loosing out. Pour the mixture into a thick bottomed pan and put it back on the stove. Heat it till the water boils a little, and then add ½ litre of milk to the mixture. Allow it to boil for some time. Remove it from the gas and let it cool. The tasty kheer is ready to be served.
See how easy it is?! Since I had to serve it to my friend, I had also added finely sliced cashews(3-4), almonds(3-4), pistachios(1-2) and 2 pods of crushed elaichi into the mixture when I added milk to it. Believe me, she had a big smile on her face, once she tasted the kheer….
So what are you waiting for ? Go try it!!!
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Did You Know ?
The temple of Ragnya Devi is called "Kheer Bhawani" because numerous devotees offer milk and kheer to the sacred spring. It is situated at Tullamula in the Srinagar district, India.
In Nepal, on the fourth month of the solar calendar, it is a tradition to eat Kheer.
Kheer is made in the indian sub continent and is known as Payasam or Payasa in South India.
Payasam is served as an offering to the gods in south Indian Hindu temples during rituals and ceremonies.
The Hyderabadi version is known as Gil-e-Firdaus
Both the terms Kheer (used in Northern India, Pakistan and Nepal) and Payasam (used in Southern India) are derived from the Sanskrit words Ksheer (which means milk) and Peeyusham (which means nectar) respectively.
It is known world over as rice pudding(Over 100 popular forms). Over thousands of years, various pudding recipes have developed in Eastern Asia.
Records of an Indian sweet milk pudding occur in the 14th century.
In Europe, rice pudding with goat's milk was first used by the Romans for medicinal purposes. For this reason, the first written records of rice pudding occur in medical texts.
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