APPLE KHEER

I love making desserts where I can quiz guests about the ingredients in my dish. Apple pudding or kheer is one such dessert. For New Years party I made this dessert which came out to be so tasty that everyone took second or even third helpings. Most of my guests could not figure out if it was apple kheer. The best part is it is very simple and less time consuming.  Apple kheer is a Mughal Era  dish but i gave it a modern touch by adding custard powder. I hope you will like to try it for your next party.

Ingredients:

2cups milk, 2medium size apples, 8 tsp sugar, 10 cashews, 20 raisins,  8 almonds, 1tsp cardamom powder, 2 tsp custard powder,1/4 cup cold milk.

Method:

Wash, peel and grate apples.   In a non stick pan add these grated apples and sugar and cook them till all the water evaporates. In a heavy bottom pan boil milk. After one boil reduce flame but keep stirring.  In the meanwhile chop cashews and soak raisins in lukewarm water. In a 1/4 cup of milk, mix custard powder and stir well so no lumps are left.  After five to seven minutes,  add the custard mix to the boiling milk. Keep stirring.  When it begins to thicken add cashews and raisins and stir again.  Now mix the cooked apples to the milk and stir well, give one boil and turn off the flame.

Roast and chop almonds and garnish the kheer. Enjoy this healthy and delicious dessert.