Matar Ki Kheer Recipe–Green Peas Pudding-Kheer Recipe

Matar Ki Kheer Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup Green Peas 
• 1 tablespoon Ghee or unsalted butter
• 1 liters full fat Milk 
• Sugar to taste
• pinch of saffron
• 1/2 teaspoon Green cardamom powder
• 1-2 tablespoon Raisins or as required
• cashew nuts and almonds sliced as required

Preparation:

• Boil the milk in a heavy-bottom deep pan over medium heat, till it reduces to half its original quantity while stirring constantly.

• Wash the green peas carefully.
• grind the green peas coarsely.
• Add saffron into milk and mix it well.

Method:

• Heat ghee in a Heavy bottom pan and allow it to melt.
• Add Green Peas into a pan and cook on low-medium flame. Keep stirring continuously. 
• Cook for 8-10 minutes over medium flame, when ghee starts separating from the past.

• Add raisins,cashew nuts, and almonds into the roasted peas.

• Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.

• Reduce the flame and add the milk.

•  Add saffron milk in the roasted green pea paste and cook.

• When kheer gets thick in consistency and is ready.

• Add sugar and cardamom powder in kheer and cook for 2 more minutes.
• Turn off the flame and serve kheer in a bowl.

• You can use any dairy-free milk instead of full-fat milk to make it dairy-free version.
• you can use diet sugar instead of regular sugar.