Broken wheat kheer

Ingredients

• 1 cup cracked emmer wheat. Soak it in water for 45 minutes.
• 2 tbsp rice. Soak it in water for 45 minutes and then pound it into coarse grain.
• ½ cup grated fresh coconut.
• 300 gram organic jaggery
• 8-10 cashew nuts chopped into pieces
• 10-12 raisins
• 1 and ½ tsp dry ginger powder
• 8-10 almonds slices for garnishing
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 tbsp clarified butter
• ½ liter milk

 

Method

• We will pressure cook wheat and rice in a pressure cooker.
• Add water till it reaches the level of wheat and rice.Add salt.Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles on medium flame.
• We have pressure cooked for 4 whistles.
• In a pan, heat 4 tbsp clarified butter and fry cashew nuts until they turn brown in color.
• Now fry raisins until they puff in size.
• In the same pan, add jaggery and let it melt completely.
• Jaggery melts completely in 2 minutes.Now add fresh coconut and dry ginger powder and mix them together.
• Add fried cashew nuts and raisins.Add boiled wheat and rice and mix them all together.
• Let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.Now add milk.Be careful with the temperature of milk. It should be lukewarm and not too hot.If hot milk is added, it may curdle.
• Now mix all ingredients together.
• Let the Kheer simmer for 2 minutes and then turn off the flame.
• Consistency of Kheer should be thick.
• Garnish the Kheer with chunks of fresh coconut and slices of almonds.Pour some melted clarified butter on top.

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