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Makhana kheer recipe / Kheer recipe / sweet recipes / vrat recipes with detailed instruction and step by step photos. Makhanas are also known as fox nut, phool makhana and lotus seeds. Makhana is rich source of iron, calcium, potassium and zinc. These foxnut are mostly used in many indian sweet and savouries like makhana laddu, raitha, makhana curry and kheer.
You can serve makhana kheer during vrat (fasting) days, like navratri, shiva ratri, or on any fasting days. But to be honest i never knew about makhana before my marriage. I came to know about it after i shifted to bangalore, initially i buy makhana only to make spicy namkeen later slowly started to make many other recipes with fox nut.
To make Makhana kheer you will require only basic ingredients like ghee, sugar, milk, nuts and of course phool makhana.
In this kheer recipe i have crushed /powdered some makhana and added it to kheer this helps to thicken the kheer but you can also chop the the makhanas and add it
Makhana kheer
Ingredients
To make makhana kheer
- 2 cups Makhana
- 4 cups Milk
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
- Cashews & Raisins
Instructions
To make makhana kheer
- Firstly heat a thick bottom pan and add 3 cups milk and bring it to boil
- Now heat another pan with little ghee and fry cashews till golden brown and take it out Fry raisins till they plump up and take it out
- Add phool makhana to the ghee and roast it on medium flame till it turns brown
- once the makhana cools down slightly, crush few makhana and set aside this helps to thicken the kheer
- Once the milk boiled add makhana to mix it
- Then add crushed makhana and mix it and cook for 6-7 minutes
- Add sugar and stir it
- Add fried cashews, raisins and cardamom powder and switch of the flame
- Serve it hot or warm or chilled
