Carrot Kheer | How to make Carrot Payasam | Gajar ka kheer | Kheer Recipes | Payasam Recipes

Carrot Kheer / Carrot payasam is a simple, healthy and delicious dessert which can be made very easily. Though I wanted to try this kheer before somehow I kept postponing it. Also there are many versions in preparing this carrot kheer and this one is mine and I feel it is simple and suits my taste. Do try it and let me know. You can see different kheer / payasam recipes in my blog. Some are below.

Some Payasam Recipes in this blog
Mango Payasam
Jackfruit payasam
Pasta payasam
Quinoa Payasam
Semiya Kheer

How to make carrot kheer

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 15 min | Serves: 3

Recipe Category: Dessert | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients
Carrot - 1
Milk - 1.5 cups + 3 tbsp
Almonds - 7 to 8 (optional)
Cashews -  5 to 6 for frying in ghee +  10 (optional)
Raisins - 8 to 10 for frying in ghee
Sugar - 4 tbsp ( or as per taste )
Ghee - 2 tsp
Saffron - few strands
Cardamom pods - 3 (crushed)
Hot water for soaking almonds and cashews

Method 

1. Grate the carrots. Soak the almonds and cashews in hot water for 30 to 45 min.
2. In a pan/kadai, add 1/2 tsp ghee.

3. When it is hot add the cashews, fry till golden brown and keep it separately. In the same pan, add the raisins, fry it and keep it separately.

4. In the same pan, add 1 tsp ghee and add the grated carrots and fry it till the shhh sound stops (around after 4 to 5 min.)

5. Add 2 to 3 tsp milk and saute them slightly for another 3 min.

6. Transfer the content to the mixer, along with the soaked almonds, cashews and sugar. Grind to a smooth paste. (Add 2 to 3 tsp milk if needed)

7. In the same pan, add milk and add the saffron. Allow to boil.

8. Add the ground paste and mix nicely. Care to be taken, that it might get stick to the bottom and the sides of the pan. Keep on stirring gently.

9. Add the crushed cardamom and the fried cashews and raisins. Give a stir. Check whether the kheer came to a little thick consistency as shown below.

10. Switch off the stove and serve the hot and delicious carrot kheer.

Delicious, Tasty and Healthy Carrot Kheer is ready

Note:
1. Addition of cashews while grinding is purely optional. It enhances the kheer taste. If you are health or diet conscious, you can avoid it.

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Apple Beetroot Carrot Juice | ABC juice | Juice recipes | Healthy juice recipes | Summer Special Drinks | Healthy Drinks | Welcome Drinks

Apple Beetroot and Carrot Juice aka ABC juice is a juice which I started to like 3 months before. Yes just 3 months before only. I really don't have idea that beet root can be used in the juice. In my office canteen, they opened a new juice shop and in the juices list, they mentioned ABC juice. Wondering what it could be, enquired the shopper and she said it is Apple Beetroot and Carrot juice. I just ordered with a doubt how it might taste and to my surprise, I loved the juice in the first sip itself. From that time, I used to order this juice without sugar and ice. I really love it without sugar and ice. They have a big juice extractor to prepare this ABC juice. Since i do not have it at home, I used my regular mixer grinder to do this, by adding little water and filtering it. Though the outcome was not same like the canteen juice, still I loved it. (Soon will buy the juice extractor... he he he). If you have the juice extractor, never miss to try this juice.

You can view all the healthy Summer drinks here. Some are below
Mango Lemonade
Papaya Juice
Grape Juice
Almond Banana Carrot Smoothie
Dates and Almond Milk

Health Benefits

The health benefits of apple are, it reduces the risk of lung cancer, colon cancer and decreases the white fat, obesity, glucose intolerance and fatty liver diseases. It is good source of dietary fiber and vitamin c.

The health benefits of beetroot are, it protects again liver disease, lowers the blood pressure, increases the blood flow, good for diabetic patients. 

Health benefits of carrots, everybody knows that it is a good source of β-carotene, which are metabolised into vitamin A in humans, that helps to improve the poor vision. Besides that, they are rich in antioxidants, and minerals and are used to treat the digestive problems, constipation. 

(Information got from wiki - apple, beetroot, carrot).

How to make Apple Beetroot Carrot Juice / ABC Juice

Ingredients

Apple - 2 

Beetroot - 1

Carrot - 1 (medium sized)

Water - 1/2 cup ( no need for water, if you use juice extractor)

Method

1. Wash the apple, beetroot and carrot nicely.

2. Peel off the beetroot and carrot skin. 

3. If you have juice extractor, add the beetroot, carrot and apple and extract the juice. Thats it. (tastes superb)

4. If you do not have juice extractor, grate them using the grater. Add to the mixer by adding water.  

5. Extract the juice by using a juice filter. (tastes good).

5. Serve it.

Notes:

If you like your juice to be sweet, just add 1 tsp sugar. ( But I do not recommend, as it spoils the taste)

If you are grinding using mixer, do not add more water, as it becomes more watery. 

Healthy and Tasty Apple Beetroot Carrot juice is ready

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Carrot and Beans Poriyal | Carrot and Beans Stir Fry | Side dishes for Rice | Poriyal Recipes

Carrot and Beans Stir fry or Carrot and Beans poriyal - is one of my sons favorite stir fry. Its always been a great task as a mom, to give some veggies to the children and need to run behind them to feed these veggies and say lots of stories to them. My children did the same, until they started eating this combination in Hotel Saravana Bhavan. After having tasted this stir fry, my son, started a liking to this carrot and bean stir fry and whenever I used to buy these veggies, my son, asks me to cook this poriyal. This recipe is not for the experienced cooks, but for the beginners and bachelors. Now we go the recipe and see how to make Carrot and Beans Poriyal.

How to make carrot Beans Poriyal / Carrot and beans Stir fry

Preparation time: 20 min | Cook Time: 20 min | Serves:4
Recipe Category: Side Dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

• Carrot - 1 (chopped to small pieces)
• Beans - 100 gms (chopped to small pieces)
• Green gram - 5 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 2 pinchs
• Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 2
• Curry leaves - few
• Onion - 1 small
• Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp (optional)
• Salt - as per taste
• Water - 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup for sprinkling

Method
1. Wash and pressure cook the green gram / moong dal or paasi paruppu for 1 whistle with 1/2 cup of water. Drain the excess water and keep aside. (Dont cook more, as it tends to cook faster).
2. Cut the carrot and beans in to small pieces as shown. In a vessel, add oil and when hot, add in the black gram, mustard seeds and curry leaves.
3. Add the red chillies and fry for few min. Add the chopped onion and fry till they are translucent. Add in the salt and turmeric powder (optional).
4. Add in the veggies now sprinkling little water. Here you can use the excess water of the cooked moong dal if any or you can use the ordinary water. Do not add excess water as the veggies may over cooked and may loose their crunchiness. Add in the Moong dal now.

5. Give a stir and allow to cook. When the veggies got cooked, then add in the grated coconut and give a stir.
6. Serve the yummy carrot beans poriyal as the side dish for any rice.

Notes:

• If you want, you may add sambar powder along with turmeric powder.
• Turmeric powder is optional.
• If you do not like coconut, you can omit that too.

You may also look at other Poriyal recipes

Pavakkai Poriyal / Bitter gourd stir fry

Pudalangai Poriyal / Snake gourd stir fry

Uruali Kizhangu Poriyal / Potato fry

Almond Banana Carrot Smoothie | Summer Special Drinks

Here is another refreshing and healthy smoothie for this summer. It can be had in the breakfast and it would be very filling to handle the day.

Ingredients:

• Almonds - 1 cup
• Grated carrot - 1 cup
• Banana - 1
• Sugar - as needed
• Full cream Milk - 3 cups
• Water - 1 cup
• Ice cubes - as required.

Method:

1. Take the almonds/badam and soak in hot water for 2 hrs (it is good to replace the hot water after 1 hr, with some more hot water) or soak in normal water for 5 hrs.

2. Meanwhile grate the carrot. Cut the banana just before using it else it may become black.

3. After 2 hrs, remove the skin of the almonds.
4. Transfer the almonds, carrot and banana to the food processor or mixer grinder.

5. Add in the sugar and milk and process/grind it until it becomes to a smooth paste.

6. Add the ice cubes and give a stir again.
7. Filter it to filter out the residue and serve it chilled.