Name: Maharashtrian Gavachi Kheer/Maharashtrian Whole Wheat Jaggery Kheer recipe by Priya Suresh at BetterButter
Prep time: 180 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 210 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1/4cup Wheat berries (soaked); 2tbsp Rice (soaked); 1/4cup Jaggery (grated); 3cups Milk; 3 Cardamoms (crushed); Few Cashew nuts; Ghee for roasting

ABOUT Maharashtrian Gavachi Kheer/Maharashtrian Whole Wheat Jaggery Kheer RECIPE

A traditional Whole wheat berries Kheer from Maharashtra.

Ingredients Serving: 4

1/4cup Wheat berries (soaked)
2tbsp Rice (soaked)
1/4cup Jaggery (grated)
3cups Milk
3 Cardamoms (crushed)
Few Cashew nuts
Ghee for roasting

Instructions

Boil enough water, take the washed wheat berries in a hot pack vessel, pour the boiling water into the vessel,close it and keep aside for at least three hours. After three hours, you can see perfectly soaked wheat berries.
Grind the soaked wheat berries into a coarse paste. Now heat the ghee in a pressure cooker, fry the cashew nuts until they turns brown, keep aside.
Add the ground wheat paste, fry for few minutes, add the soaked rice, milk and cook everything in medium flame with lid closed for few minutes.
Dont put the whistle,once the wheat berries and rice gets cooked, add the crushed cardamom seeds. Put off the stove, add in the grated jaggery, stir until the jaggery gets dissolves.
Finally add the cashewnuts, give a stir. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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