ASHGOURD KHEER

Recently my daughter's friend who was newly married came home to meet my daughter. My daughter told me that her friend will join us for lunch. I prepared few of GSB curries and was making me think of preparing a dessert. I found a small piece of ashgourd in the fridge, which was not enough for a curry. Then I suddenly remembered somebody's post  of Ashgourd payasam in some group. After peeling and deseeding the ashgourd, I got 1 cup of its pieces; I also had a cup of thick coconut milk in the fridge from which I decided to make ashgourd kheer.. and...the recipe goes like this..

ASH GOURD KHEER

WHAT YOU NEED:

Ashgourd - 1 cup ( after removing skin and seeds)

Coconut Milk - 1 cup (thick) and 1 cup thin

Sugar - about half cup

Cashew nuts and raisins - 1 tbs each

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Maida/ Rice powder / Cashew paste - 2 tsp ( for thickening)

KUVALE KHEER

ASH GOURD / KUVALE KHEER

HOW TO MAKE:

Chop Ashgourd pieces in bits and cook till soft in 1 cup thin coconut milk.

Add sugar and mix well. 

Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a small pan and fry cashew nuts till brown and raisins till fluffy.

Then add coconut thick milk to the ash gourd pieces, mix.

Immediately add thickening agent to the kheer and stir well.

Pour cashew nuts and Raisins along with ghee to the kheer. 

Put off the flame.

Then add cardamom powder.

Serve warm Ash gourd kheer  as dessert.

SWEET KHICHDI

Last month we had been to my sister -in-law's place at B'lore. She had prepared so many dishes and one of them was Khichdi. She had added broken wheat to the khichdi and I found that it was tastier than the one which I usually make.  I used to prepare with semolina, which was my mother-in-law's recipe and I had already posted it on my blog. So I never bought broken wheat for the dishes that I prepare. My sister-in-law gave me a packet of broken wheat so that I can also prepare this.

SWEET KHICHDI

WHAT YOU NEED:

Chanadal - 1/2 cup

Broken wheat - 3/4 cup

Coconut gratings - of half coconut

Sugar - 1 cup or to taste

Cashew nuts - 1 tbsp

Raisins - 1 tbsp

Almonds - 1 tbsp

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Ghee 

SWEET KHICHDI MADE OF CHANA DAL AND BROKEN WHEAT

SWEET KHICHDI

HOW TO MAKE:

Wash chana dal and cook with enough water till soft.

Add broken wheat and cook till it is soft.

Heat little ghee in a small pan and fry the nuts and raisins.

Add sugar to the cooked chana dal and broken wheat. Stir well.

Add coconut gratings and keep stirring for a minute.

Keep stirring till the khichdi becomes thick.

Add nuts and raisins and mix well.

Add cardamom powder too.

Finally add 1-2 tbsp of ghee and mix thoroughly.

Serve warm Sweet Khchidi as Dessert.