Quinoa Kheer
Quinoa Kheer is a delectable sweet dish made with milk and quinoa.
Equipment
- pan
- ladle
- pressure cooker with containers
- mixer along with small jar
Ingredients
- 3/4 litre milk
- 1/3 cup quinoa
- 1/2 cup water +extra for soaking
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 7 almond
- 7 cashewnut
- 2 cardamom
- a few strands of saffron
Instructions
- Wash and soak the quinoa for two hours. It should be rinsed well to remove the saponin covering.
- Put the milk in a thick bottom pan and boil it for sometime. Put the saffron strands to the milk.
- Pressure cook the quinoa with half a cup of water for one whistle.
- In the meantime, make a powder of dry fruits along with cardamom.
- Once the pressure releases by itself, put the quinoa to the boiled milk and cook it for sometime. Put the dry fruit powder to it.
- Once it thickens, add sugar to it and give a stir. Boil for two minutes. Keep it aside. Quinoa kheer is ready to serve.
Notes
- You can use any variety of quinoa.
- It can be served warm or chilled.
- If you want to add roasted nuts instead of powder, you need to boil the milk until it reduces to half the quantity.