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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.
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2. Grate the carrots. Since this is hard work, I always get TH to do it 😀
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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7. Top this off with the roasted nuts and raisins, powdered cardamom (I used Everest Milk Masala that Jey gave me) and condensed milk.
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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.
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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!
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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.