Kheer, a classic Indian dessert, is a creamy and luscious rice pudding that holds a special place in the hearts of many. With its rich texture, aromatic flavors, and versatility, kheer has become a beloved dish enjoyed across the globe. Originating from the Indian subcontinent, this delectable dessert has found its way into various cuisines, each offering unique variations that cater to different taste preferences. From the traditional North Indian kheer made with full-fat milk, sugar, rice, and flavored with cardamom and saffron to the Bengali version that incorporates jaggery and coconut, kheer's diverse recipes reflect the cultural and culinary diversity of the region. This article presents a collection of kheer recipes that showcase the culinary artistry of this beloved dessert. Dive into the delightful world of kheer and discover the secrets to creating this creamy, flavorful, and comforting treat in your own kitchen.
Here are our top 14 tried and tested recipes!
KHEER - INDIAN RICE PUDDING (SLOW COOKER)
From "The Indian Slow Cooker" by Anupy Singla. This recipe makes a somewhat thin rice pudding, with the delicious taste of cardamon. The slow cooker makes it easy. The original recipe called for vegetable oil, but I used ghee instead. The recipe is vegan if you use soy milk. To make half the recipe, use a 3 1/2 quart slow cooker.
Provided by duonyte
Categories Dessert
Time 3h10m
Yield 9 cups, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Coat the bottom and sides of a 5 quart slow cooker with vegetable oil.
- Put the rice, sugar, cardamon seeds, raisins and milk in the slow cooker. If using agave nectar, add it towards the end, as it will make the dish pinkish-brown in color. Note: I used only half of the cardamon seeds and that was plenty flavorful for me.
- Cook on HIGH for 3 hours, stirring once or twice. Be careful not to let it overcook, as the milk will separate. (I found mine a bit too thin at the end of three hours and cooked another 30 minutes with the top off, but I have an old slow cooker).
- Sprinkle with chopped nuts and serve, hot or cold. It will thicken as it cools.
RICE PUDDING (KHEER)
This is a very famous Pakistani desert, which is cooked by mixing rice and milk. It is very nutritious and very rich tasting. Serve warm or cold.
Provided by SRECIPE
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Pakistani
Time 2h10m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Place the rice in a small bowl and cover with water. Soak for one hour.
- Drain the rice and place it in a large, heavy saucepan with the milk over low heat. Cook, covered 50 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in sugar and cardamom and cook 20 minutes more.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the rose water. Serve topped with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 439.3 calories, Carbohydrate 79 g, Cholesterol 26 mg, Fat 8.5 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 12.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 133.9 mg, Sugar 65.4 g
PAKISTANI RICE PUDDING (KHEER)
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Time 1h50m
Yield Serves 6 to 8
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Soak rice in cold water 30 minutes; drain. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat milk over medium-high, stirring to prevent scorching, until small bubbles form aroundedges. Reduce heat to medium-low; add cardamom and rice. Cook, stirring often, until mixturebegins to thicken, about 30 minutes. Add half-and-half; bring to a simmer.
- Continue to cook, stirring often, until liquid has thickened slightly and rice is tender and creamy,35 to 45 minutes more. Add sugar; stir until dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in rosewater. Remove and discard cardamom. Ladle kheer into bowls; garnish with pistachios and edible gold or silver. Serve warm or chilled. Kheer can be refrigerated in an airtight container (before garnishing) up to 3 days.
KHEER
An Indian rice pudding served warm or cold and garnished with nuts. The inclusion of cardamom pods makes this global dessert distinctive. Kheer is more milky than rice puddings served in the US. This recipe is untried and submitted for 2005 'Zaar World Tour.
Provided by justcallmetoni
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Boil in the water over medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes, until the rice is one quarter done. Drain in a colander.
- In a saucepan, bring the milk and cardamom pods to a boil over medium heat. Add the rice and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook for 30 to 40 minutes, until the rice is soft and the milk is very thick. Keep stifring to incorporate the starch from the rice into the milk and to prevent the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- Add the sugar, almonds, ground cardamom, and nutmeg and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from the heat. Sprinkle with the rose water.
- Serve warm or chilled in dessert bowls.
CARDAMOM KHEER
This aromatic rice pudding is flavored with cinnamon and cardamom, and gets a topping of pistachios and edible flowers.
Provided by Meera Sodha
Categories Diwali Dessert Rice Pistachio Cardamom Cinnamon Milk/Cream Soy Free Peanut Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Vegetarian
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place the rice, spices, sugar, milk, and cream in a large saucepan and set over a medium-low heat. Bring to the boil-but watch it doesn't boil over-then turn the heat down to a whisper and cook for about 30 minutes, stirring fairly frequently to make sure the rice doesn't stick and burn. If the mixture is getting too dry, add more milk, a little at a time. When the rice is nearly done, it will start to bubble and burp more furiously and will need more attention from you. When the rice is tender (i.e. there's no chalkiness in the center), take it off the heat and spoon into a serving bowl. Allow to cool, then cover and chill in the fridge until cold.
- Just before serving, grind the remaining tablespoon of sugar, the pistachios, and edible flowers as finely as you can, using a mortar and pestle or electric spice grinder. Sprinkle over the top, and serve.
RICE PUDDING OR KHEER
Steps:
- Put the rice in a clean coffee grinder and whir just long enough to break most grains into 2-3 pieces. Some may stay whole. You may also do this in a mortar.
- Bring the milk to a boil over medium or medium-low heat in a very heavy, wide pan, deep enough to let the milk rise a bit without boiling over. Stir as the milk heats. (I prefer to heat up my milk in a microwave oven and just pour it into the pan to speed up matters.) As soon as the milk starts bubbling, stir it, adding the rice and cardamom pods. Keep stirring. Adjust the heat, generally to medium low, so the milk simmers steadily without boiling over or catching at the bottom. Cook this way, stirring now and then, for about 40-45 minutes. Stir in any skin that forms. (It tastes very good when cold.) Add the sugar and stir another 2-3 minutes. Take off the heat and pour into a serving dish. Remove the cardamom pods. Allow to cool, stirring now and then so no skin forms on the top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed. (Remember that this pudding may also be served lukewarm or at room temperature.)
SAWINE (VERMICELLI KHEER)
Kheer is a sweet dessert-like dish. In Trinidad, we eat sawine every Eid. In India, kheer is eaten as a regular dessert.
Provided by Pixie2
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian
Time 27m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat ghee in a saucepan over medium heat. Add vermicelli; cook and stir until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour evaporated milk and water over vermicelli; bring to a boil.
- Stir sweetened condensed milk and cinnamon into vermicelli mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, until vermicelli is cooked and milk is thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Stir raisins into vermicelli mixture; cook until raisins are plump and mixture is thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Serve garnished with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 358.1 calories, Carbohydrate 36.9 g, Cholesterol 35 mg, Fat 18.9 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 13.5 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 122.6 mg, Sugar 23.1 g
KHEER (RICE PUDDING)
This is a very flavorful Indian rice pudding. It's the best rice pudding I've ever had, and very easy to make!
Provided by PATRICK7
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring the coconut milk, milk and sugar to a boil in a large saucepan. Add Basmati rice, and simmer over low heat until the mixture thickens and the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Stir in the raisins, cardamom and rose water, and cook for a few more minutes. Ladle into serving bowls, and garnish with almonds and pistachios.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 513.2 calories, Carbohydrate 48.2 g, Cholesterol 9.8 mg, Fat 33.4 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 11.3 g, SaturatedFat 23.7 g, Sodium 98.6 mg, Sugar 22 g
KHEER (INDIAN RICE PUDDING)
My hubby and I just love East Indian food. One of our favourite restaurants, the Taj Palace makes this and it's so good, so I had to try to make it at home. It turned out pretty darn tasty. It tends to be a bit waterier then regular rice pudding. You can double the recipe if you wish.
Provided by Jo Zimny
Categories Puddings
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1. Bring the sweetener, coconut and almond milks to a boil in a medium sauce pan.
- 2. Add the rice and simmer over low heat until the mixture thickens and the rice is tender. About 20 minutes.
- 3. Stir in the currants or raisins, the cardamom and rose water and cook for a few more minutes. Taste to make sure it's sweet enough for you.
- 4. Serve into pudding dishes and sprinkle with the nuts.
- 5. Enjoy!
SABUDAANA KI KHEER (TAPIOCA KHEER)
This is an Indian dessert made with Tapioca I am posting for a request. Its from "A taste of Palace Life Royal Indian Cookery" by Manju Shivraj Singh foward by Her Highness the Raj Mata of Jaipur.
Provided by Steve P.
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Wash the raisins, put them in a small bowl and cover with water.
- Leave to soak.
- Put the tapioca in a sieve and wash it under cold running water.
- Put it into the sauce pan with the milk and water and cook on a medium heat until it is soft.
- Stir in the sugar.
- Crush the cardamoms and add to the pan with the saffron and the drained raisins.
- Stir to mix, then simmer until the mixture is the consistency of oatmeal.
- Turn it into a serving bowl.
- Slice the almonds and sprinkle them over the top.
- Serve warm.
VERMICELLI KHEER
Steps:
- Combine the milk and cardamom and set to heat in the microwave oven or in a heavy pan over medium heat. The milk needs to get close to the boiling point.
- Put the butter in a heavy, wide pan and set over medium-low heat. As soon as the butter has melted, put in the pasta and almonds. Stir until just golden. This takes very little time. Pour in the hot milk, stirring as you go. Add the raisins, saffron, and sugar. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Stir and cook for about 10 minutes or until the pudding has thickened. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.
ANNAM-KOBBARI PARVANAM (RICE AND COCONUT KHEER)
Annam parvanam is probably the most common Naivedyam item in South India. I like to add some more flavor and richness to this traditional parvanam by adding some fresh coconut to it. You can use sugar instead of jaggery, but I like using a bit of both. Feel free to experiment with this dessert. I like to serve this cold.
Provided by SUSMITA
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian
Time 1h50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place the rice in a bowl and cover with a few inches of cold water; let soak for 1 hour. Drain in a sieve.
- Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan; stir the rice, coconut, white sugar, jaggery, and cardamom into the milk. Reduce heat to low and cook until the rice is tender and the mixture is thick and creamy, 30 to 45 minutes.
- Heat the ghee in a small skillet over medium heat. Fry the cashews and raisins in the ghee until the cashews are lightly browned and the raisins plump; stir the mixture into the rice. Eat right away, or better, chill in the refrigerator for a few hours and serve. If the kheer gets too thick, thin it out with some milk.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 262.5 calories, Carbohydrate 44 g, Cholesterol 15.2 mg, Fat 7.7 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.8 g, Sodium 88.3 mg, Sugar 32.7 g
JHANGORA KI KHEER (JHANGORA PUDDING)
Jhangora is the Indian name for millet, a grain rarely used in the United States. A speciality of Uttaranchal, it is typically served as a dessert.
Provided by Member 610488
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Boil milk in a thick bottom pan.
- Add jhangora in it and then cook well. Stir to avoid lumps.
- Add sugar and cook for some more time till the sugar is fully dissolved.
- Next add of kewra essence to give it a sweet flavour. Mix this essence well.
- Garnish with chopped dry fruits. Serve cold with fruit salsa on the side.
JACKFRUIT - JAGGERY KHEER
Make and share this Jackfruit - jaggery kheer recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Charishma_Ramchanda
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cut the fresh jackfruit into equal square shaped slices.
- Fry the cut pieces in a wok, in 2 tbsps.
- of ghee for 7-8 minutes.
- In a mixer, grind the coconut and jaggery to a fine paste.
- Add 2 cups of water.
- Boil the coconut-jaggery mixture in another vessel for about 10 minutes.
- Add the fried jackfruit pieces into the vessel.
- Boil again for 2 minutes.
- Boil the milk in a vessel.
- Make it lukewarm.
- Fry the cut cashews and coconut slices (1mm thickness) in 1 tbsp.
- of ghee to a golden brown colour.
- Remove from flame.
- Add the milk.
- Mix well.
- Add the cardamom powder and fried cashewnut pieces and coconut pieces.
- If required, morem milk can be added.
- Serve hot or cold.
Tips:
- Use full-fat milk. This will give your kheer a richer, creamier flavor and texture.
- Rinse the rice thoroughly before cooking. This will help to remove any starch and impurities, resulting in a smoother kheer.
- Cook the rice in milk until it is very soft and creamy. This may take longer than you think, so be patient.
- Add sugar and other flavorings to taste. You can use white sugar, brown sugar, jaggery, or even honey. Common flavorings include cardamom, saffron, nuts, and dried fruits.
- Let the kheer cool slightly before serving. This will help to prevent it from curdling.
- Serve kheer chilled or at room temperature. It is delicious either way.
Conclusion:
Kheer is a delicious and versatile dessert that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a popular dish in many countries around the world, and there are many different variations on the basic recipe. Whether you like your kheer simple or elaborate, there is sure to be a recipe that you will enjoy. So next time you are looking for a special dessert, give kheer a try. You won't be disappointed.
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