

Uttar Pradesh
Bakheer
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Serves: 2 to 4 people
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Spice Level: Zero
Trivia Tadka
Ingredients
- Rice (1 cup)
- Jaggery (gud) (1 cup)
- Green cardamom (hari elaichi), crushed (½ tsp)
- Raisins (kishmish) (1 tsp)
- Cashew nuts (kaju) (2 tbsp)
- Ghee (1 tsp)
- Milk (3 cups)
Method
- In a pan, mix water with the jaggery and keep heating until the jaggery has melted. Do not have to make any thread syrup.
- Wash and soak the rice in water.
- Once the jaggery syrup is ready, strain it through a muslin cloth to remove any impurities.
- Drain the water from the rice and mix in the strained jaggery syrup.
- In a pressure cooker, add the rice-and-jaggery syrup and cook through, timing it to 4 to 5 whistles.
- Once the pressure has naturally released, open the cooker lid and gently mash the rice.
- Meanwhile, bring the milk to a boil and then switch off the flame.
- In a kadhai, heat ghee and keep frying the kaju and kismish in it until they have turned golden brown in colour.
- Then, add the milk, fried dry fruits and elaichi powder to the cooked Bakheer. Mix well.
- Serve hot with dal ki poorie.