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Carrot Sago Kheer Recipe

A delicious vegan kheer with the goodness of carrots!

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4
Author PJ

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup Sago
  • 2 numbers Carrots
  • 10 numbers Cashewnut
  • 4 numbers Almonds
  • 1 teaspoon Melon seeds
  • 2 cups Coconut milk
  • Sugar to taste

Instructions

  1. Soak Sago in warm water for an hour till it turns a little translucent.Drain and pressure cook it with enough water till it is soft.Drain and discard the water and keep aside the cooked sago.

  2. Chop the carrot and cook it till soft. Keep aside.

  3. Soak melon seeds, almonds,cashews for half an hour. Drain and discard the water and take the nuts in a mixie jar. Put in the cooked carrot. Grind to a smooth paste adding a little of the water used to cook the carrot.

  4. Take this ground carrot mixture in a pan .Add the cooked sago ,coconut milk, sugar and give it a mix.When it comes to a boil, remove from heat.

  5. Heat oil in a small pan and add broken cashews.Fry till golden brown, Drain and add to the kheer.

  6. Serve warm / Chilled.

Recipe Notes

  • Boiled beet can be used instead of carrot.
  • Regular milk / almond milk etc can be used instead of coconut milk.
  • Similarly ghee can be used to fry the cashews.
  • To make this even more richer, grind a handful of grated coconut along with the nuts and carrots.