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Friday, August 08, 2008

Carrot kheer

Kheer is something, which I guess everybody loves and relishes. One of my mom’s friends {whose kids love anything that is sweet ;) } makes it with carrots so that it is tasty as well as nutritious. Whenever I used to visit them, she made sure that she prepared this, coz, I used to love this kheer of hers. Have it for dessert or just drink it whenever you want something cool. It's delicious.

Time taken: 30 to 40 minutes (another 30 minutes extra if you want to cool it in the fridge)
Serves about 4 people

Ingredients used:

500 grams carrots cut into big chunks
½ cup of cashew nuts
500ml of milk
Sugar for sweetness (depends on how sweet you want)
I tsp cardamom powder (elaichi)
Handful of chopped almonds
1 Tsp ghee

Method of preparation:
In a pressure cooker, add the carrots, half the amount of milk and cashew nuts and pressure cook on medium flame. After 1 whistle, switch off the flame. Wait till the cooker can be opened and pour the ingredients in a wide bottomed bowl to cool. Once it cools down, grind it in a mixer. Pour this into a vessel and place it on a low flame, add the remaining milk, sugar and keep on stirring till it starts boiling. Once its starts boiling, add the cardamom powder, mix and switch off. In a small kadai, add the ghee and fry the almonds till it turns a bit brownish. Now add this to the carrot kheer. The carrot kheer is ready. It can be savoured hot but it also tastes good when it is chilled. So wait till it comes down to room temperature and chill it in the fridge and enjoy.

Labels: Carrot, chilled, dessert, hot, kheer, milkshake, sweet

Monday, December 17, 2007

Carrot Kosumbari(Salad)

Kosumbari/kismuri is the native name given to what we call salad in English. Basically, it is any raw vegetable in its finely chopped form with a little bit of seasoning. Although carrot kosumbari is raw and usually eaten as a side item in meals, my son and hubby love to eat it with chapati as well. Something about its taste reminds me of bhel puri. I'm posting this right now on the blog, keeping in mind a friend, who has really gotten fitness conscious these days and has been asking me for quite a while to post salad recipes. This is good to taste and healthy at the same time.

Time taken: 15 minutes.
Serves about 3 people

Ingredients Used:
3 big carrots
1 tomato
1 very small onion
2 small green chillies(chopped finely)
Half a tsp of mustard seeds and urad dal
Quarter bunch of coriander leaves
2 tsp of grated coconut(optional)
1 tsp. of lemon juice
Very little oil.
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation:

Grate the carrots in a wide bowl using a kitchen grater. Those who have a food processor with grating option could use it to make life easier. Toss in very finely chopped onion and tomato into the grated carrots. Add grated coconut, lemon juice and salt to it. Then, warm up some oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Wait till they sputter. To this, add curry leaves, finely chopped green chillies and urad dal. Stir with a ladle until the urad dal turns slightly brown in colour and the chillies appear crispy. Mix this seasoning in the salad. Garnish with coriander leaves. Mom adds two or three leaves of mint sometimes. Isn't this easy to prepare?

P.S: The salad in the picture shown above is that which was prepared when i didn't have coriander leaves at home :) You please don't forget to add it.

Labels: Carrot, Chatpat, Healthy, Jhatpat, Kosambari, Salad, Vegetable