Carrot Semiya Payasam / Carrot Vermicelli Kheer

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Here is a tasty treat to celebrate your successes of 2016 and to welcome another successful year 2017.

Though I prepare carrot kheer quite often, addition of vermicelli is a twist that really gives a nice bite to this dish.

                                            

PREP TIME

15 min

COOK TIME

25 mins

TOTAL TIME 

35 mins

                                                                                                                                                   

Recipe for Carrot Semiya Payasam / Carrot Vermicelli Kheer

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 6 to 8 (approximately)

Ingredients: 

Carrots - 6 to 8 (medium sized)
Vermicelli (semiya) - ¼ cup
Sugar - ¾ to 1 cup (Adjust according to your taste)
Milk – 3 to 4 cups
Cashew nuts - 15 to 20
Raisins – 5 to 10 pieces
Cardamom powder - 1 to 2 tsp
Ghee - 1 to 2 tbsp
Water - to cook vermicelli (Amount of water will vary according to the variety of vermicelli used)

Directions:

Wash, peel the carrots and cut into pieces; pressure cook by adding water, for 2 to 3 whistles.

Once it is done; cool down the carrots to room temperature and grind it along with the water.

Heat ghee in a pan, fry the raisins till it plump up.  Followed by that add broken cashews and fry till the colour changes into golden brown colour.

In the same pan; fry the vermicelli till it turns slightly golden brown in colour.  Keep aside.

Heat water in a pan, add the vermicelli and allow to cook.  Once it is half done, add milk and allow to boil.

Once the vermicelli is completely cooked, add carrot puree and mix well.

Then, add sugar and give a thorough mix; allow to cook for another 5 in medium flame.

Before taking out from the pan add cardamom powder, roasted raisins and cashews.

Serve warm or chilled.

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Note:

To add richness to this dish, you can grind blanched, peeled almonds along with carrots.

When the kheer is cooled, it tends to get thick. So before serving add some milk till it reaches the desired consistency.

You can also add milkmaid / condensed milk to give a rich taste to this dish; if so reduce the quantity of sugar.

You can also use saffron for added flavour.