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Winter is here:

Winter is here. Right now the weather is cool, not chilly. We in India call it, "Gulaabi-Sardi" which means it is pleasantly cold. However, it will be troublesome before it goes away, and then we would need to make changes in our day to day life to fight the winter blues. There will be changes in clothing, kind of oils to be used for hair, skin and food of-course. So where shall we start, Food? Okay so let’s start with something sweet, how about ‘Kheer’?

All Indian festivals are always in line with changing weather and ensures well-being. One such festival is ‘Sharad-Poornima’ Sharad is one of the six ‘Hritu’ in India, it means winter, and Poornima means night of full Moon. It is celebrated differently in various parts of India. Where I live, we prepare ‘kheer’ an Indian home-made sweet. Keep it under the sky to absorb beneficial rays from Sharad-Poornima’s Moon and have it the next morning.

Let me also share my Kheer recipe with you-

Things we need to make Kheer:

Half tea-spoon ghee (clarified butter)

2-pods of cardamom

1-table spoon rice

1-liter full cream milk

1-table spoon sugar or 6-8 dates (soak the dates and make a fine paste)

Some nuts like almonds, cashew etc (roast and cut the nuts in desired size)

Few strands of saffron

We’ll also need a heavy bottom pot to cook it…

Prep: Wash and soak rice for 30 mins

Soak saffron in a tablespoon of milk

Crush cardamom pods

Soak and grind dates into fine paste (if you’re using date instead of sugar)

Let’s get started: Put the pot on the stove, turn it on, add ghee into the pot, add crushed cardamom stir it add drained-soaked rice, stir it a few times now add milk. Keep it stirring to prevent sticking at the bottom of the pot. Cook it till the rice is soft and mushy and milk is reduced and a bit yellowish. Add soaked saffron, roasted-cut nuts, let it simmer some more now turn off the heat and add sugar or date-paste. Voila! :)

A pro tip by my mother-in-law: (mash soaked rice with your hand it will help rice to cook faster and your Kheer will be thicker and yummier. ;)

You can have it hot or can cool it up to your liking or try keeping it under the sky, whole night and eat in the morning. :)

Happy Reading, Happy eating and Happy Sharad-Poornima! :)

#WinterIsHere Sharad-Poornima Kheer

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