Surprise your family with Delicious Mango Kheer

Mango Kheer is a delicious dessert usually prepared in summer time. Ideally served after refrigerating or at room temperature.Mango fruit is available in abundance during summer time. Try this authentic recipe with sweet ripe mangoes and surprise your family with your cuisine.

Mango is known to be the king of fruits. Mango Kheer is popularly called as Aam Ki Kheer, regionally termed as Mamadikaya payasam, Mambazha payasam . Whatever the name it is a hit when served. Children are the main lovers of this dessert. Do give a try.

Ingredients :

Mango puree: 1.5 cup

Basmathi rice: 1 cup

Milk:750 ml

Sugar: 7 to 8 tablespoons

Salt: a pinch

Cardamom/ Elaichi: 12 nos (peel and powder)

Cashewnuts: 10 nos

Raisins / Kismis: 15 nos

Ghee: 2 tbspn

Few mango slices for garnishing ( cut the slice very thin)

Saffron strands: a pinch

Pistachio (unsalted) : 8 nos crushed, Almonds-5 nos * optional

Procedure for preparing delicious Mango Kheer for dessert:

Method:

• Wash and soak Basmathi rice in water for 30 minutes. Drain water and blend in mixer for a minute. The rice will get broken and smaller in size.
• Add saffron strands in ¼ cup warm milk and keep aside for later use.
• In a flat bottomed non-stick pan add milk and allow it to boil. Add the blended rice to the boiling milk. Reduce the flame and continue stirring the mix at regular intervals.
• Cook until the rice is soft. Only then add the sugar and continue stirring to avoid catching at the base of the pan.
• Once the mixture has thickened, remove the pan from the flame.
• Now heat another pan, add ghee and fry cashewnuts, raisins till light brown in color and add this to the cooked rice mixture. Keep 2 or 3 nos for garnishing.
• At this stage add the mango puree, salt ,powdered cardamom and stir well.
• Add saffron mix solution and swirl the mango kheer gently such that the color spread is not uniform.
• When the kheer attains room temperature place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Serve chilled.
• Garnish the mango kheer with mango slices , kaaju and kismis.

This recipe of Mango Kheer is a great melt-in-the-mouth summer treat with mango flavor, along with the rich texture as an outcome of sweetened cardamom flavored rice , makes this fruity dessert pure comfort food.

So why don’t you give a try.If you like this recipe or know of any variations do let us know in the comments.