Food Diversity - How to make Quinoa Kheer - The complete Recipe from Sikkim

Ingredients

• Butter or Ghee: 1 tsp

• Quinoa: ⅓ cup,

• Water: ⅓ cup,

• Milk: ⅓ cup +1 ½ cup,

• Saffron: 8-10 strings,

• Condensed milk: ⅓ cup,

• Almonds, cashews and pistachios: 5 each

• Cardamom or Elaichi powder: Two pinch

Steps

• Dry roast nuts on medium low heat till you get nice roasted smell. Let them cool down for few minutes and then chop them in small pieces.
• Dissolve kesar or saffron in warm milk till you get nice color.
• Wash quinoa 2-3 times in water and drain out the water.
• In a medium hot pan add butter and quinoa and roast it for few minutes.
• After few minutes of roasting add water and ⅓ cup of milk.
• Let it boil, change the heat to medium low, cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or till quinoa becomes soft.
• Once quinoa is soft add rest of the milk, cardamom powder, saffron mixture and increase the heat to medium.
• Stir it frequently and let the kheer boil for 7-8 minutes and then add condense milk.
• Stir and cook for additional 7-8 minutes. After that add chopped nuts and cook for another minute or two.
• Switch off the heat and Quinoa kheer is ready to serve hot.
• To Serve it chilled, keep it in the refrigerator for couple of hours.