Poha Kheer or Chirer Amrita Bhog

Name: Poha Kheer or Chirer Amrita Bhog
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3/4 cup Poha / Flattened Rice (thick variety); 500 ml full fat milk; 4 tsp milk powder; Pinch Saffron (optional); 1/4 cup sugar or jaggery; 2 tsp ghee; 7-8 ;Cashew nuts; 1 tbsp Raisins; 2 green cardamoms powder

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Poha Kheer also known as Aval Payasam or Chirer Amrita Bhog is a luscious, creamy and delicious Indian dessert.It is made by simmering flattened rice ( poha) in rich , reduced milk along with few fried nuts and raisins, flavorings like saffron and cardamom powder,and sweetening it with sugar.It takes about 15 to 20 minutes to prepare the kheer and is traditionally offered as a sweet bhog or prasad .Otherwise it can be served as a delicious aftermeal dessert to family and friends chilled or at room temperature.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 servings

3/4 cupPoha / Flattened Rice (thick variety)
500 mlfull fat milk
4 tspmilk powder
PinchSaffron (optional)
1/4 cupsugar or jaggery
2 tspghee
7-8;Cashew nuts
1 tbspRaisins
2green cardamoms powder

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Boil milk in a heavy bottomed pan. When the milk starts boiling, reduce heat and boil for 7-8 minutes till milk is reduced.Add sugar to taste and boil.Make a thick slurry of milk powder adding warm milk.Add this to the boiling milk.Optionally khowa or condensed milk may be used. Adjust sugar if using condensed milk.
2

Wash poha 2 times.Squeeze out water in a strainer.Heat ghee in a wok.Lightly fry cashew nuts and raisins until golden. In the remaining ghee, lightly toss the poha till aromatic. Set aside.
3

Add pinch of saffron and crushed cardamom powder. Add poha. Continue to boil for another 5 minutes.Add cashew nuts and raisins.Other dry fruits maybe added.Poha kheer or Chirer Amrita Bhog or Aval Payasam is ready.Switch off heat.
4

Set aside to cool and refrigerate. If you opt to use jaggery to sweeten the kheer, add it and stir to mix well after the kheer is partially cool.Serve chilled or at room temperature.