Kheeri

Odia Food

Today am discus about odia food kheeri. Kheeri is a south Asian dish. This food is prepare by boiling rice. It is a most papular dish in india . This food is prepared in festivals and all special occasions.The term Kheeri derived from "Ksheeram"which means "milk" used in North India, Payasa or Payasam used in South India , and Bengal .In odisha it is a important dish .

Kheeri

Ingredients

•  Chaula - ( Basmati rice ) -  200 gm
•  Milk - 2 and 1/2 liter 
•  Chini - ( Sugar ) - as per taste 
•  Gujurati - ( Cardamom )  - 1/2 tsp
•  Kishmish - ( raisins ) - 2 tsp 
•  Kaju - ( cashew nut ) - 2 tsp
• Kesar - ( saffron powder ) - 1/2 tsp
• Teja patra - ( Curry Leaf ) - 2 
• Jeera - ( coriander ) - 1 tsp
• Ghiya - ( Ghee ) - 2 tsp
•  Badam - ( Almond ) - 50 gm

Preparation

• Wash the rice in water clearly.
• Then hit 2 tsp of ghee in a pan and add Jeera to it
• Then add curry leaf  ( Teja Patra ) with them and fry.
• When it splutter then add the rice with it and fry it 5,6 minutes
• After that add some water, almond and milk
• Then boil the rice with milk clearly in low temperature.
• Add the cardamom Stiring continuously otherwise the milk will get burned .
• When the rice is completely boiled, add sugar as per test and mix it properly. 
• If you like, you may add saffron ( Kesar )  to it.
• It is not compulsory, it is used only to color the kheeri.
• Your kheeri is prepared now.
• Add raisins and cashew nut to the preparation. 
• You may serve it as break first .