VRAT KE CHAAWAL KI KHEER / SAMVAT RICE KHEER

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients:

1 Ltr. full cream milk
2-3 tbsp. vrat ke chaawal / barnyard millet / sama ke chawal
3-4 tbsp sugar or as per taste
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
few saffron strands (optional)
handful of dry fruits as per choice like raisins,almonds, pistachios, cashews,chirongi  etc.

Method (Vidhi):

1. Soak barnyard millet or sama ke chawal in enough water for about an hour. later drain and keep aside.
2. Heat milk in a thick bottomed pan and bring it to a boil on a low to medium flame.
3. Add the sama ke chawal. stir well.
4. Cook on a low flame till the barnyard millet gets cooked.Do stir at intervals. Scrape off the dried milk solids from the pan and add it to the kheer.
5. It will take about 18 to 20 minutes to cook on a low flame.
6. Add sugar and stir well till the sugar dissolves.
7. Add cardamom powder and saffron strands. 
8. Add chopped nuts ,stir and simmer for a minute.
9. Serve the vrat ke chawal ki kheer hot or warm garnished with some  saffron threads or chopped nuts or you can also serve this kheer chilled.