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Quinoa Kheer

5 from 5 votes
Quinoa Kheer is a delectable sweet dish made with milk and quinoa.
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Course: Dessert, milk based sweets
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

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

Equipment

  • pan
  • ladle
  • pressure cooker with containers
  • mixer along with small jar

Method
 

  1. Wash and soak the quinoa for two hours. It should be rinsed well to remove the saponin covering.
  2. Put the milk in a thick bottom pan and boil it for sometime. Put the saffron strands to the milk.
  3. Pressure cook the quinoa with half a cup of water for one whistle.
  4. In the meantime, make a powder of dry fruits along with cardamom.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.