Paneer Ki Kheer

Indian Cottage Cheese Milk Pudding.

This mesmerizing and super delectable kheer is prepared with freshly prepared home made cottage cheese and milk, sweetened with sugar, flavored with cardamom powder, sprinkled with rose water and garnished with slivered nuts and edible dried rose petals.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients and Quantity:

Milk, full-cream- 1 litre

Paneer, homemade fresh cottage cheese, crumbled-3/4^th cup

Saffron, broiled- 1 gm.

Sugar- 1/4^th cup

Green Cardamom Powder- 1/4^th tsp.

Rose water- 1 ½ tsp.

For the Garnish:

Almond, slivered- 2 tsp.

Pistachio nuts, slivered- 2 tsp.

Silver leaf (Chandi ka Varq) – 1 sheet (Optional)

Rose petals, edible and dried-1 ½ tsp.

Method:

In a heavy bottomed pan, heat milk, bring it to a boil.

Simmer for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally till it reaches half of its volume / quantity.

Add saffron, cardamom powder, sugar and crumbled paneer / cottage cheese.

Simmer for another 5 minutes. Switch off the flame add rose water and mix.

Transfer in the serving bowls, garnish with almonds, pistachio nuts, silver leaf and dried edible rose petals.

Serve hot or chilled as desired.

Chef Tips:

1. You may add freshly prepared homemade soft baby Rasgullas / Chena Murki to the kheer.
2. Homemade paneer is made with the addition of lemon juice to milk, the whey is separated and the milk solids that is cottage cheese needs to be washed under running water to remove the effect and flavor of lemon juice, so that the kheer does not curdle.