Peshawari kheer
Peshawari Kheer is made with boiled rice, caramelized sugar, and whole milk. This kheer is creamy and tastes like candy, which will be a party for your taste buds.
Servings: 12
Calories: 239kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rice not aged
- 1 cup water
- 4 tea rusk not cake rusk
- 1.5 liters milk whole milk
- 1.5 cup sugar or to taste
- 1/2 cup Almonds and pistachios for garnish
- 3 cardamoms
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 15 minutes.
- Add rice to a pan along with 1 cup of water. Cook on high heat until most of the water dries. Lower the heat and steam for 10-15 minutes.
- Add rice, tea rusks, and 2 cups of milk to a blender to make a paste.
- In a bigger nonstick pot, add the remaining milk and warming it up. Also add cardamoms.
- Once milk is warm, add the rice mixture and cook for 40-45 minutes over medium heat or until it thickens to your liking. Make sure to keep stirring to avoid burning.
- Add sugar to another pan and over medium heat, start heating it up. Keep stirring the sugar until it's light golden.
- Once sugar turns light golden brown, add caramelized sugar to the kheer and mix it well. Give it a couple more minutes, and add any nuts if you like.
- Let it cool down completely then enjoy!
Notes
Do not add the rice mixture to cold milk, or else it will make lumps
Caramelize the sugar only unitl its light golden/ yellowish in color. Over-caramelizing makes it taste bitter
Never touch or taste caramelized sugar, it will burn you
Nutrition
Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 51mg | Potassium: 244mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 168mg | Iron: 0.4mg