On this Maha Shivratri day, to offer as prasadam.. I decided to go with super quick & easy ' Nuts & Poppy Seeds milk / Kheer 'which is enhanced with Rose water...
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| Nuts & Poppy seeds kheer ! |
Ingredients:
Milk - about 1 & 1/2 cup
Sugar - 2 table spoons
Almonds - 7 to 8
Pistachios - 7 to 8
Cashews - 6 to 7
Poppy Seeds - 1 table spoon
Cardamom powder - 1 pinch
Saffron strands - a pinch
Rose Water - 1 tea spoon (OPTIONAL)
Preparation:
- Soak all the almonds, pistachios, poppy seeds & cashews in water for at least two hours. Grind it to a coarser(preferably) or smooth paste adding the required water.
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- In the luke-warm milk (2 table spoons of milk) soak the saffron strands & keep it aside.
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- Boil the milk ,add sugar, add the ground paste to the milk and boil for 3-4 minutes in medium flame.
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- Add the saffron soaked milk & rose water along with cardamom powder and boil the milk for another 2 to 3 minutes under low flame.
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- Turn off the heat & let it cool down well.After it completely cools down,strain the milk and discard the residue ( I prefer not to strain ).
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- If you prefer to serve Nuts & Poppy seeds kheer chilled, refrigerate for 3-4 hours or overnight.
