Kaddu ki kheer

Its a tradition to prepare sweet before starting anything and i absolutely love our traditions.

So, here it is!!!!! The Hyderabadi Special and my most favourite Kaddu ki kheer.

Ingredients:

Milk (full cream)-  1 and 1/2 litre
kaddu (bottle guard)- 1 medium sized
saabudana-1/2 cup (soaked in water for 30 mins)
basmati rice-1/2cup (soaked, then dried and granulated).
sugar-1 and 1/2 cup
khoya/kova (what we call in telugu)- 100gm (plain)
dry fruits (finely chopped)-1/2 cup (i used cashews, raisins, almonds)
ghee-2 tbsp

Method:

1. Peal and De-seed the bottle guard and grate it.

2. In a pan heat the ghee, add dry fruits and fry until they turn golden brown then add the grated kaddu to it and fry until the raw smell is gone.You can observe a change in the color too.

3. In a thick bottomed pan heat the milk.Let the milk boil for 5 minutes.

4. Now,add granulated basmati rice and saabudana to the boiling milk and let it cook for about 10 minutes.Keep stirring in between(may be for every minute or two).

5. Once you see them cooked well, add sugar and khoya to it.Keep stirring until khoya dissolves.

6. Now, add fried kaddu and dry fruits and let it cook for another 10 minutes. Keep stirring in between(may be for every minute or two).

Yummy Kaddu ki kheer is ready. Serve chilled. And your family will love you for this :)

Note: 

1. Soak basmati rice for 30 min, then dry and grind(you should do this the day before you plan to make this kheer as you need to soak and dry). Or you can skip this step totally.

Even without this,the kheer tastes yummy, but trust me this adds more taste.

2.  The grated kaddu after frying should be approximately 3 cups.

3. If kova/koya is not availabe, you can add milkmaid.

4. If the khoya you bought is sweetened, add less sugar.

5. You can add green color, but i don't prefer using colors.