Thursday, February 10, 2011

Nutty Brown Rice Kheer for crossing 100 Followers on my blog and 2nd day Blogging Marathon

Last Day to send in entries to "Best Food I have Eaten or Blogged about" Event on my blog. Winner gets a cookbook by Raghavan Iyer. For Details check out the ON GOING EVENT in the side bar.
Voting for the BEST one starts tomorrow, 11th FEB and ends on 20th FEB. Don't forget to invite all your friends to vote for you!



I am sooo happy!!!!!!! I have crossed some really memorable milestones during the last few days, one year anniversary, 200 posts and one more ---> crossed 100 Followers....yaayy...
Well don't we all need a reason to celebrate!....and what better reason can I have?!
To celebrate this occasion and to keep in theme with the Blogging Marathon, I chose to make a 'Nutty Brown Rice Kheer'.

I was a little worried on how it would taste...but I think I love it. I surely like the nutty texture of brown rice and this really turned out great! So I dare you to try it out and you will really find a yummy treat!
Addition of various nuts increases the nutty flavor. So decide on what nuts and how much you want to use!

I used light brown sugar and condensed milk for sweetness, but you can surely substitute them with sugar and jaggery with increased amount of milk than mentioned below. I used condensed milk to make it easy (and to finish the half can sitting in my fridge), but go ahead and make it more healthy by using splenda or other artificial sweeteners.

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked Brown rice
1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tbsp brown sugar (can use belam, jaggery, gud instead)
1 tbsp golden raisins
1 tbsp mixed nuts, cashew, almonds, pista
pinch of cardamom powder
little milk, according to need
1 tbsp ghee

Method:

Heat Ghee in a kadai.
Brown the nuts and raisins, keep aside.
Heat condensed milk along with brown sugar and cardamom powder
When it starts to boil, add in the cooked brown rice.
Mix well. If it gets too thick, add milk to loosen it.
Cook for 5 min more, until everything comes together to the required consistency.
Add in the nuts and raisins.
Serve warm or chilled.
Enjoy!!!


Sending this to Wholesome Wholegrain Cooking (WWC) hosted by Siri of Cooking with Siri, started by Sanjeeta of Lite Bite.

Check out what the other Marathon Bloggers are cooking up!

Srivalli, Azeema, Bhagi, Champa, Gayathri Anand, Gayathri Kumar, Harini, Jay, Kamalika, Meena, Mina, PadmaPavani, PJ, Priya Mahadevan, Priya Suresh, Priya Vasu, Rujuta, Santosh, Saraswathi, Savitha, Shanavi, Sowmya, Suma, Usha, Veena

25 comments:

  1. delicious and perfectly done .....loving it.hearty congratulations for the 100 followers..happy to be ur follower

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  2. Congrats on all your achievements... keep rocking . U deserve so much more.... lovely kheer....
    Reva

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  3. that looks so creamy and delicious with those nuts...

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  4. Congratulations on reaching the 100 mark!!!

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  5. Congratulations!!!!!!!kheer looks lovely!!!!!

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  6. Smitha that looks totally delicious!.congrats..

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  7. congrats smitha! some memorable milestones there and wishing u many many more !!kheer looks delish !

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  8. Wow, it looks so creamy and delicious. Thanks Smitha for such a wonderful entry.

    Siri

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  9. Congrats on the 100 followers.. Keep going... Nice recipe...

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  10. Yummy kheer smitha..congrats..way to go!

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  11. Yummy and Healthy creamy Kheer ..Looks so delicious ...

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  12. Rice pudding with brown rice is very interesting and nutritious. Looks delicious. Lovely pics.

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  13. Brown rice kheer looks absolutely inviting Smitha..

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  14. Congrats on 100 followers.... Beautiful and healthy kheer :)

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  15. hey smitha..rice kheer looks delicious..Yum yum....and superb clicks too..

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  16. Congratulations!! We are all popping round to share your kheer!!

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  17. Delicious kheer Smitha..I loved the cute serving bowl too :)

    US Masala

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  18. Congrats on your achievement.Kheer is very healthy and looks so inviting..

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  19. congrats............and kheer looks absolutely delicious............

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  20. Congrats on reaching the milestones,and the kheer looks great,lovely click as well!

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