How to make Vari Rice Kheer

First of all, soak the Vari rice in water for 1/2 hour.

Boil the milk and keep it aside.

Filter out all the water and take out the rice.

Heat ghee in a pan and fry the Vari rice in it for some time.

Then add chopped almonds and poppy seeds to it and fry it too.

Now add milk to it and cook on medium flame while stirring.

Cook for a while and turn off the gas.

Take out the kheer in a bowl and serve it garnished with finely chopped almonds, soaked saffron and rose petals.

Second method of making Vari rice kheer

Keep stirring with a spoon till the bottom of the vessel, so that the kheer does not stick to the bottom of the vessel.

Once the sama rice becomes soft, add cashew nuts and raisins to the kheer.

Let the rice cook until completely combined with the milk.

Now add sugar to the kheer and mix.

Turn off the gas.

Add crushed cardamom to the kheer and mix.

Serve the kheer hot or cold as you like.

How to thicken rice kheer?

To thicken the kheer, cook it for a little longer on low flame. Rice contains starch, hence when cooked, the starch is released from it and the kheer becomes thick. If you want to thicken the kheer without cooking it for a long time, then mix 2 teaspoons of rice flour and 3 to 4 teaspoons of milk well in a bowl and add it to the cooking kheer. After cooking for about 15 minutes, the kheer will become thick. To thicken the kheer, one spoonful of roasted salt can also be added to it.

To make kheer, the appropriate ratio is 75 grams of rice to one kilogram of milk. To prevent the kheer from sticking to the bottom of the pan, the bottom of the pan can be lightly coated with ghee or cooking oil before adding the milk. While cooking kheer, low to medium flame should be used, because high heat can cause milk to stick and burn.

At the same time, if the kheer is very thin, then to thicken it, mix 1-2 tablespoons of rice flour or cornstarch with a small amount of cold milk and make a paste and add it to the kheer and cook until it thickens.

The rice present in kheer contains a good amount of starch which helps in improving gut health and also reduces bloating. Rice kheer is rich in carbohydrates which helps in replenishing the glycogen used while doing heavy exercise. Rice kheer provides coolness not only to the stomach but to the entire human body.

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