Quinoa Kheer Recipe
Quinoa kheer recipe to make this traditional creamy dessert with quinoa. With festivals like Diwali Dussehra Navratri fast approaching, this healthy, refined sugar-free, gluten-free dessert is a must-try. With a decadent creamy texture and saffron flavour, the quinoa kheer is healthier and delicious.
Equipment
- Any Deep Pan or Dutch oven
Ingredients
- 1 litre Milk
- 1 Tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 cup Quinoa rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup lotus seeds roasted and crushed
- 1/2 cup Water
- 4 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 10-15 Saffron – few strands
- 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped pistachio
Instructions
- Heat 4 cups of milk and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the milk till it is reduced to 1/2 the quantity.
- Rinse quinoa in water 2-3 times.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker and saute rinsed and drained quinoa for 2 minutes.
- Add 1 cup of water. Cover the lid and pressure cook for one whistle.
- Now open the lid and add reduced milk to the saucepan.
- Cook the quinoa and milk while stirring it in between.
- This will start looking like this after some time. Add sugar and mix. You can also add kishmish.
- Add cardamom powder and saffron.
- Delicious and thick quinoa kheer is ready. Garnish it with pistachio and almonds and enjoy it warm or cold.
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Nutrition
Calories: 112kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 4mgPotassium: 107mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 8IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
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