Kaddu ki kheer recipe | Pumpkin payasam
Kaddu ki Kheer is a delicious Indian dessert made from grated pumpkin, milk, and sugar, flavored with cardamom and garnished with nuts. The pumpkin is cooked until soft and simmered in milk to create a rich, creamy texture. This mildly sweet kheer is often served during festivals or special occasions and can be enjoyed warm or chilled.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin 1 and 1/4 cup (cubed)
- Almonds 10
- Ghee 1 tsp
- Milk 3 and 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp.
- Saffron a pinch
- Cardamom powder a pinch
- Sugar 1/4 cup
Instructions
- Take out the skin of the pumpkin and cut them into cubes.
- Boil the almonds in water for 5 minutes and keep it aside for 10 minutes.
- Take out the skin and keep aside.
- Soak the saffron in 2 tblsp of warm milk for 10 minutes.
- In a pressure cooker add ghee and the pumpkin cubes.
- Saute for 2 minutes.
- Add 1 and 1/4 cup of milk to this.
- Pressure cooks for 2 whistles.
- Once the pressure is released, cool it completely.
- Grind this along with almonds into a fine paste.
- Add this back to the cooker or a heavy bottomed pan.
- Add 2 and 1/4 cup of milk to this.
- Mix well and let this boil for 5-7 minutes in a medium flame.
- Keep stirring to avoid burning.
- Add the saffron milk to this after 5 minutes.
- Mix well.
- Add the cardamom powder and mix it well.
- Switch off the flame.
- The kheer will be creamy as the pumpkin gives that texture.
- Add sugar to this and mix well.
- It is always better to add sugar after switching off, so that we can avoid curdling of the milk.
- Garnish with nuts, this is optional.
- Serve chilled. Even hot Kaddu kheer tastes yum.
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