Pumpkin payasam (Kheer) is our favorite kheer next to carrot kheer. The speciality of this kheer is, you will not be able to taste the pumpkins at all. It's also very easy to prepare.
Recipe
Pumpkin Kheer Recipe
A very simple recipe to prepare kheer using pumpkin and milk.
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Ingredients
- 1 Cup Pumpkin Skinned Cooked And Mashed
- 4 To 5 Cups Milk (Depends On The Consistency You Want)
- ½ To ¾ Cup Sugar (More Or Less According To Your Taste)
Optional Ingredients:
- 5 To 6 Saffron Strands
- 10 Almonds
- 2 Tablespoons MTR Badam Feast
- ½ Teaspoon Cardamom Powder
- 2 Teaspoons Ghee
- 1 Tablespoon Cashews Broken Into Pieces
Instructions
Procedure for Payasam:
- Cut the pumpkin into small cubes. If using a pressure cooker, drop the pumpkin cubes and add water just to cover it and leave it for 1 whistle and switch off the stove. Once the pressure releases, take out the pumpkin, remove the skin (it will peel off easily) and blend it smooth in a blender. Alternatively, you can also peel the skin and then pressure cook it. The pumpkins can also be cooked in a microwave oven. Remove the skin and grate the pumpkin, place it in a microwave safe bowl with little water, cook it for 5-6 minutes and then blend it.
- Meanwhile in a saucepan bring the milk to a boil.
- Add the pumpkin puree to the milk and let it simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Switch of the stove and add the sugar. The sugar will melt in the heat itself.
Procedure for Kheer:
- You can also do the following. This gives a badam kheer taste, which we all love and I always prepare the kheer like this.
- Soak the almonds overnight, so that removing the skin will be easy the next morning. If your are using blanched almonds, soaking is not necessary. Cook the almonds with the pumpkin and blend it together.
- In the 3rd step above, also add the MTR Badam Feast to the milk along with the pumpkin puree.
- In a small frying pan add the ghee and once it heats fry the cashews and add it at the end after adding the sugar. If you wish to add saffron strands, in a small cup add 2-3 tablespoons of the boiling milk and put the saffron in it and leave it for a while. At the end the saffron strands, cardamom powder can also be added.
My Notes
- Sometime back I tried this recipe with the canned pumpkin puree. I don't know for what reason, but the milk curdled once I added the puree. But recently I tried a pumpkin milkshake with the canned puree and it tasted awesome. Simply blend a couple of tablespoons of the pumpkin puree, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated and/or regular milk (preferably whole or 2%), sugar (according to your taste) and optional flavorings like saffron strands and cardamom powder. Note one thing though, canned pumpkin puree has a strong smell, which I'm not a fan in particular. So I used only little puree. The pumpkin puree which we prepare right from scratch does not have that smell at all.
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This is my entry for AFAM - Pumpkin hosted by me this month.
Merbert says
I tried this with white pumpkin and flavored with saffron and cardamom. It is very delicious and smart to use the almond powder. The next time I will try to add cashew. Thank you for this lovely recipe.
Thanks for the feedback Merbert. Actually I have not tried it with white pumpkin. Let me try it one of these days.
Vidya says
Nice recipe Madhu. I've gotto try this. I use MTR Badam feast too 🙂