CHENA KHEER

It has been a year since I started blogging and celebrating the same with chena kheer.

Ingredients:

Milk(Whole or 2%) - 2 cups

Lemon juice - 2 tbsp

Sugar - 1/4 cup

Sweetened condensed milk - 1/4 cup

Milk - 1 cup

Saffron - a pinch

Cardamom powder - a pinch

Almonds(finely chopped) - 2 tsp

Pistachios(finely chopped) - 1 tsp

Method:

Boil the milk(whole or 2 %) in microwave or stove.

As milk boils, add lemon juice and mix well to get the milk curdled.

Once the greenish-yellow whey and curds are separated, strain the mixture through a muslin cloth or unused cotton handkerchief which is washed.

Hold it under running water for a minute. Press the excess water.

Hang the muslin for 20- 25 minutes so that all the whey is drained out.

Crumble the chena and keep aside.

Heat 1 cup milk in a pan and bring to boil. Add sugar ,crumbled chena and continue stirring for 15- 20 mins.

Add saffron, cardamom powder and sweetened condensed milk. Keep stirring for 2-3 mins and turn off heat.

Meanwhile roast almonds and pistachios for 2 mins.

Garnish the kheer with roasted nuts. Serve warm or chilled.

This is my entry to Priya's Flavors of Bengal event and Nayna's event.