Wednesday, May 20, 2009

KHEER

Macaroni meeta or Kheer
Description: Kheer
Cuisine: Tamilnadu Cuisine
Serving: 5 Adults
Ingredients:
Milk 1 1/2 ltr
Condensed milk 1tin
Sugar 2cups
Macaroni 1cup
Aniseeds 1tsp
Cardamom 5no’s
Coconut (grated) 1cup
Procedure:
1. Break the macaroni by the help of a blender. Just that it has to be in bits and not powdered.
2. Boil milk in a vessel add condensed milk and simmer till it is brought to one ltr.
3. Now add the macaroni bits and bring to a boil.
4. It will get cooked by 3mnts.
5. Put off the flame and add the grated coconut.
6. Dry fry the aniseeds and cardamom and powder it.
7. Mix this to the Kheer.
Macaroni Kheer is ready to serve.
Kheer tastes very yummy if it is chilled in the refrigerator.

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Cashew nut Kheer
Description: Kheer
Cuisine: Tamilnadu Cuisine
Serving: 5 Adults
Ingredients:
Milk 2ltrs
Cashew 200gms (soaked)
Cashew (chopped) 50 Gms
Condensed milk 1tin
Basmati rice 1tbsp (soaked)
Semolina 1tbsp (soaked in water)
Cardamom 10no’s (powdered)
Sugar 3cups
Ghee 2tbsp
Procedure:
1. Boil Milk in a vessel and let it simmer for half an hr.
2. While the milk is simmering grind the soaked cashews, rice to a thin paste.
3. Now when the milk is boiled properly add the condensed milk , sugar and stir well for 5 mnts.
4. Add cardamom pwd and cashew paste carefully as lumps may form if not mixed properly.
5. Add the semolina as well.
6. Let the whole mixture boil for 10mnts and put off the flame.
7. Cut the cashews in three’s and fry in ghee.
8. Add the ghee along with the fried cashews.
Kheer is ready to serve. When chilled in the refrigerator it tastes wonders. Also crushed frozen milk gives more flavors.

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