Name: Sweet Potato Kheer recipe by Sujata Hande-Parab at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Sweet Potato – 1 cup (washed, Peeled and grated); Sugar –1/2 cup (adjust); Full Fat Milk – 2 cups; Cream – 2 tbsp (optional); Nutmeg powder – 1/2tsp; Cardamom Powder – 1tsp; Cashew nuts crushed – 1tbsp.; Almonds - 1tbsp. Peeled and sliced or Slivered; Raisins – 7-8; Ghee – 2 tbsp

ABOUT Sweet Potato Kheer RECIPE

Simple, delicious kheer is being prepared using sweet potato and milk. Cream is added to give rich texture to the dish. However, it is optional. Can be consumed as a dessert or for fasting. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. orange sweet potato is often called a "yam" in parts of North America. In New Zealand, the most common cultivar is the red (purple) cultivar called kumara, In india it is called as sweet potato. It is also known as sakharkand, Ratale, Sakaravalli kizhangu(tamil, Malayalam), Chilagada dumpa(Telugu). Besides simple starches, raw sweet potatoes are rich in complex carbohydrates, dietary fibers, beta-carotene (a provitamin A carotenoid), while having moderate contents of other micronutrients, including vitamin B5, vitamin B6 and manganese.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Sweet Potato – 1 cup (washed, Peeled and grated)
Sugar –1/2 cup (adjust)
Full Fat Milk – 2 cups
Cream – 2 tbsp (optional)
Nutmeg powder – 1/2tsp
Cardamom Powder – 1tsp
Cashew nuts crushed – 1tbsp.
Almonds - 1tbsp. Peeled and sliced or Slivered
Raisins – 7-8
Ghee – 2 tbsp

Instructions

In a nonstick pan or Wok, heat ghee, add grated sweet potato. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes on a medium-low flame.
Add Sugar. Stir and let sugar melt.
Add 3/4th of total milk, bring back to a boil. Cook until mixture becomes little thick.
Add crushed cashew nuts and slivered or sliced almonds, nutmeg, and cardamom powder. Stir.
Add remaining milk and cream. Cook for 1 more minutes.
Serve hot.

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