Food Diversity - How to make Makhana Kheer - The complete Recipe from Bihar

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup lotus seeds (makhanas)
• 1 tsp ghee
• 4 1/2 cups low-fat milk , 99.7% fat-free
• 1 tbsp sugar substitute
• a few saffron (kesar) strands
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg (jaiphal) powder 

STEPS:

• Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick pan, add the lotus seeds and sauté on a slow flame for 2 to 3 minutes or till they turn crisp.
• Remove from the flame and blend the lotus seeds in a mixer to a coarse mixture. Keep aside.
• Boil the milk in a deep non-stick pan, add the sugar substitute and coarsely crushed lotus seeds, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
• Add the saffron and nutmeg powder, mix well and cook on a medium flame for another 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
• Serve immediately garnished with pistachios slivers.