She gave a solution too – carrot kheer! It sounded like a great idea and I can use the ingredients in hand too. Win!
The kheer turned out really good and there was just enough for 8 people. Carrot Kheer is a great idea for Diwali dessert especially if you are having guests/family over or invited to a Diwali potluck party.
Gajar ki Kheer-Carrot Kheer (Payasam)-Diwali Sweets Recipes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 8
Adapted from: Jeyashri’s Kitchen
Ingredients:
500 gm of carrots
1 litre of milk
2 tbsp of ghee
A few of cashew nuts / almonds / pistachios (whatever you have in hand)
A few of raisins
1/3 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp of powdered cardamom
1/3 cup of condensed milk
How I Made It:
1. Set aside one cup milk and add the rest to a heavy-bottomed pan (I used my pressure cooker pan). Bring to boil and add the sugar. Continue to simmer on low heat for 25-30 mins until the milk has reduced and thickens a bit. The colour will also change. Take care to keep stirring and don’t let it burn at the bottom. Transfer to another bowl and set aside to cool.
2. Grate the carrots. Since this is hard work, I always get TH to do it 😀
3. Heat the ghee in a pan and add the cashew nuts (or whatever nuts you are using) and raisins. Roast until the raisins puff up and the nuts turn golden brown. Drain and set aside.
4. Add the grated carrots to the same pan and fry for 5 mins. The colour will change slightly from orange to a dark yellow.
5. Add the carrots and the 1 cup reserved milk to the pressure cooker pan we used to reduce the milk. Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. Cool this mixture.
6. Once the cooked carrots have cooled, add a couple tablespoons to the reduced milk (if you want some bite in your carrot kheer) and blend the rest until smooth. Add the pureed carrots to the milk mixture too.
7. Top this off with the roasted nuts and raisins, powdered cardamom (I used Everest Milk Masala that Jey gave me) and condensed milk.
8. Mix well and chill before serving. You can top it off with some slivered almonds while serving for an extra bite. I didn’t add as much sugar as I’ve mentioned in the recipe here so the carrot kheer was milder and quite delicious. I will definitely be making this again.
I am just back from a 2-week vacation to Kerala and my sis got me three wooden boards all prepped for food photography. I clicked the carrot kheer on one of them and love the effect. You will definitely be seeing more of these boards in my pictures 🙂 Thanks sis!
What dessert is cooking at your place for Diwali (Deepavali) this year?
Hi Nags,
I made this last weekend.Though me and my husband loved it ,would like to know the consistency of this kheer because i felt that it is very much similar to a carrot shake.
Hi Indu, the consistency of this carrot kheer is more like badam kheer (badam milk) and not really like milkshake, which I presume should be thicker. Try adding more milk if you want it thinner.
This look fantastic. My first try on Kheer, It was delicious. My thala Diwali special 🙂 Thanks again.
wow yummy Kheer,luks too gud…
Wow…that's an absolute delicious recipe…..
wow looks soooooooooooo good ur best naga thanks for sharing I must try it soon.
Now why I don't have a sister who is a food blogger and also gets me lovely wooden boards! ~sigh~
Lovely pics (as usual), Nags! I am making carrot kheer for the Diwali party this weekend following my mom's recipe. this is one of the very rare sweet pudding I like.
One of my favorites..My mum does this with a slight variation..she peels the carrots, nips of the ends and cuts them in to chunks( a lot easier than grating)and pressure cooks them along with a cup of cashew nuts. Once cooked and cooled, she blends its together in a blender and then adds the reduced milk, sugar and rest of the garnish is the same as yours. This gives very creamy texture and tastes divine. Thanks for sharing these precious recipes Nags!
Nags its morning here this post makes me hungry already and I love any kind of kheer and carrot kheer is simply beautiful… Love all your pics needless to say they look stunning 🙂 I have never tried this method, love the color of the kheer.. yummmm
First things first, I love those spoons. 🙂
And now the recipe, it is like gajar halwa in liquid form. Gonna try this this diwali. 🙂
Looks perfect.I wonder often how you can click such amazing clicks while preparing it..Nice work as usual.And those spoons are terrific.Giving it the rustic touch.
Beautifully composition of picture. Love the texture too. Perfect. Hope u had a great evening
Gr8 idea ! loved the spoon and glass ! wooden board is awesome !
Love to have both the glass fulls… Nice clicks indeed…
my favourite dessert! yeah love the board too! nice shots Nags
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Looks very tempting, lovely composition 🙂 I find the grating part very boring, wish to have a food processor for that job,Vj never do that! 😉
Love the color!To avoid the grating task,I always cut carrots into small pieces and pressure cook them in water+milk mixture.It turns out gud too.