Carrot Badam Kheer - Carrot Almond Kheer

Carrot badam kheer is a yummy dessert which tastes great, both hot and cold. This is an easy to prepare kheer and a good way to include carrots and almond for kids. This is also a great dish to prepare when we have guests at home or for parties, as it can be prepared in advance and also gives a good volume.

Carrot Kheer Recipe

Serves  :  5 - 6 people

Ingredients

• Carrot  -  7 to 8 medium sized carrots or 4 big sized carrots (roughly 2.5 cups of chopped carrot)
• Milk  -  4 to 4.5  cups(approximately a little more than 1 litre of milk)
• Almonds  -  15
• Sugar  -  1 cup +  1 tbsp
• Cardamom powder  -  a pinch

To garnish (optional)

• Pistachios  -  5
• Almonds  -  4

Method

• Soak almonds in water for minimum 1 hour. If you don't have much time, soak in hot water so that the skin can be easily peeled. The more time it is soaked the better.
• Peel the skin of the almonds and roughly chop them and keep it aside.
• Chop the carrots into small pieces. 
• In a vessel which fits inside the cooker, add the carrots, almonds and enough milk to cover the carrots.
• Pressure cook for 8 whistles. Once the pressure is released, allow it to cool down.
• Grind it in a mixie to a slightly coarse paste. There can be tiny bits of carrots and almonds here and there. First take the carrot and almond pieces from the boiled mixture and grind them without milk. Once it is ground to a coarse paste add milk and grind once. If doing in bulk, do it in batches.
• To the ground mixture, add the remaining milk, sugar, cardamom powder and heat up the kheer for 2 to 3 minutes till everything blends well.
• Garnish with chopped pistachios and almonds, if preferred.
• Serve it hot or allow it cool down, refrigerate and serve chilled.
• This can be refrigerated for a day and used.

Notes

• Chopping carrots to tiny pieces helps in faster cooking and also easy for grinding.
• If you do not want almond/carrot pieces in the kheer, ensure to grind to a smooth paste while grinding.
• Out of the milk mentioned, take only as required for cooking the carrots i.e till immersing level and add the remaining at the end.
• We can also add raw milk for cooking the carrots and when it is being cooked, we can boil the remaining milk and add it finally.
• Adjust sugar and milk quantity as per your liking and taste. Sugar quantity also depends on the sweetness of the carrots.