Recipe- South India Special Panner Kheer

Paneer Kheer(Paneer Payasam) is a simple yet delicious dessert. Give this interesting paneer kheer a try and am sure you will love it.

Ingredients

Paneer – 1/2 cup crumbled
Milk – 2 cups
Cornflour – 1 tsp
Sugar – 2 to 3 tbsp
Saffron – 1 strand
Elachi powder – a pinch
Nuts – 2 tbsp (pistachios, badams and cashews chopped)

Method

* Crush the saffron in a tsp of milk and keep aside. Add cornflour in a tsp of milk, mix well without lumps and keep aside.

* Boil milk, add the cornflour milk mixture mix well continuosly and then simmer for 10mins until it starts thickening. Add sugar and mix well until completely dissolved. Add the saffron milk mixture and give a quick mix.

* Now add the crumbled paneer to the boiling milk, mix well and allow it to boil for 5-7 more mins.

* Add elachi powder, mix well and garnish with nuts and switch off.You can also toast the nuts in ghee and then add it to the kheer.

* Allow it to cool for 5mins then refrigerate for 15mins and serve chilled.