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Easy Oats Kheer Recipe

Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Author: Sumana

Ingredients

  • Oats- 1/2 cup
  • Sugar- 1/2 cup
  • Ghee- 4 tsp
  • Boiled milk- 3.5 cups
  • Saffron strands- Few
  • Almonds+Pistachio- Handful
  • Cardamoms- 3 to 4

Instructions

Preparation

  • Chop the almonds and pistachios to fine pieces and roast them in 1/2 tsp of ghee. Also de-seed the cardamoms and powder it finely. Keep them aside till use.

Method

  • Soak saffron strands in a tsp of milk for about 10 minutes. Heat ghee in a pan and add oats. Stirring continuously roast the oats till the raw smell subsides and ghee coats well over them.
  • Next include 2 cups of milk and let the oats cook in it. When oats become soft enough, add sugar and combine everything well.
  • Oats abosrbs sweetness and as it cooks the kheer gets thickened. Next include rest of the milk, saffron soaked milk and cardamom powder.
  • Finally garnish oats kheer with roasted dry fruits and serve.

Notes

  • Oats kheer thickens as it gets cooled down. So before serving you should add some warm water or milk to make it thin.
  • You can add your favorite dry fruits like cashews and raisins too.
  • Oats cooks very fast and doubles in volume, so after adding milk keep stirring often to avoid getting burnt.