Apple kheer

Kheerni or payasam has been around for ages. We make so many of them. Apple kheer is one such easy dessert. Fruit based desserts are great because they derive sweetness from their fruit. This helps you enjoy the sweet treat without adding commercial sugar. I have a sweet tooth so I try to have sweets with natural sugar instead of white sugar.

Another great vegan snack you can have is air fried apples. They have no sugar and just a hint of oil. You may use ghee if you are a vegetarian.

There are many recipes of payasam or payesh. It can be made with flour, lentils, grains and also with fruits. Sitaphal kheer, aam kheer, anjeer kheer,nungu payasam or palm fruit payesh. All of them are eggless but only some are gluten free. Gluten free kheerni recipes can be consumed during Navratri, sawan and Mahashivratri fasting.

During fasting, we make different recipes like sweet potato kheer, ghiya kheer, sabakki payasa/sabudana kheer and fruit custard. Refer to top 10 list of fasting recipes here. You can make some Indian treats like dry fruit modak, Strawberry modak, anjeer roll, and gluten free gulab jamun.

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• Equipment
• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Apple kheer recipe
• Top tip
• Variations
• Storage

Hindu fasting period

Vrat or fasting is an integral part of Hinduism. We fast on Sawan Mondays (Jul-Aug) and Mahashivratri day in February to pray to Lord Shiva. Similarly fasting is also done during Chaitra Navratri in Mar-Apr and Shardiya Navratri which falls in Oct-Nov for 9 days when pray to Shakti or Mata Rani.While Chaitra Navratri ends with Ram Navmi , Shardiya navratre ends with Dussehra or Vijayadashmi. Apart from this fasting is also done during Janamashtami, Satyanarayana pooja every fortnight and Full moon or Poornima. During the fasting period, we usually eat gluten free flours, tubers and dairy products only for an one time meal. Egg meat and fish are not eaten, nor is wheat and rice.

Equipment

• Saucepan
• Blender
• Sieve

Ingredients

• Apples
• Full cream milk
• Rajgira flour/amaranth flour
• Saffron strands soaked in 2 tbsp. milk
• Cardamom powder

Instructions

1. In a steamer, steam apples until they are soft. Let them cool.

2. Peel them, take out the seeds/sheel,blend them into a smooth puree.Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pan,cook the apple puree for 10 minutes on low heat.

3. Heat the milk in a pan, keep 2 tbsp. aside and add saffron. Add amaranth/rajgira flour to the milk in the pan and mix with a whisk, allow to boil and turn off the heat.
Keep the mix aside to cool down.

4. Add the saffron milk mixture to saucepan.

5. Once the apple puree and milk mix has cooled down completely only then mix them and garnish with nuts. Serve cold or at room temperature

Read the recipe below

Top tip

When blended apple puree is added to saucepan, it should be cool. If it is still hot, the milk will curdle.

Variations

Apple ki kheer can be made in many ways. You can make apple kheer with jaggery or or make payesh recipe with condensed milk or  simple milk kheer recipe with milkmaid. You can also use milk powder for the same.Some people even cook shredded apple in some ghee or cook its puree. The above recipe however is better as it has no sugar or fat added to it. Some people also feed apple suji kheer to babies.

Storage

Payesh is best served fresh. However, you can store this in a refrigerator.

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