Custard apple kheer /payasam/ pudding(phalahari recipe)

• Servings: 6-8
• Preparation time: 10 minutes..
• Cooking time: 32-35 minutes.
• Total time: 40 minutes. 

“Custard apple kheer” is a perfect dessert for festive occasions or a luxurious treat to end an everyday meal. It is also known as “Sitaphal Kheer”, a seasonal treat, relished during the custard apple fruit season. The kheer is a delicious and exotic variation of the traditional Indian kheer, it is made from the pulp of custard apples.  The dessert blends the rich, creamy texture of the fruit with the aromatic essence of cardamom and the sweetness of milk and sugar. The custard apple’s naturally creamy texture makes the kheer exceptionally smooth and gives it a unique flavour. Often garnished with a sprinkle of chopped nuts.

Ingredients:

• Sama Rice: 50 gm
• Milk: 1 liter
• Sugar: 50 gm (1 serving spoon)
• Custard apple: 3-4 no. (Medium size)
• Green cardamom powder: 1teaspoon
• Almond: 12-15 no.
• Cashew nut: 10no.
• Dry grapes: 10- 20no.

Preparation:

1. Break the custard apple into two halves.
2. Take out all pulp of custard apple with the help of spoon.
3. Put it into mixer jar; add some cold milk, run for 4-6 seconds (otherwise seeds will get cut).
4. Pass this mixture through strainer, takeout all seeds.
5. Custard apple pulp is ready to use. Keep aside
6. Cut Almond and Cashew nut into small pieces. Keep aside.

Method:

1. Boil the milk in a big pot to accommodate boiling.
2. Wash the rice and put it into the milk. Stir it.
3. Continue it into 25-35 minutes on low flame. Stir it every 5 minutes.
4. Add sugar, Almond, cashew nut and dry grapes (kismis), when rice is done, boil it for couple of minutes more to make it softer.
5. Add Custard apple pulp into this.
6. Stir properly and put off the flame.
7. Add green cardamom powder and let it cool, healthy and special custard apple kheer is ready to serve.
8.  Serve it as you wish as hot or cold into serving bowl.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Custard apple kheer /payasam/ pudding(phalahari recipe) by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.