Appeech Kheer

Hi All....I am back again with a sweet dish this week for all the sweet tooths out there.

Appeech kheer is one of the famous sweet dishes and falls in the "Sanaach Sampaak" categories.

The recipe though time consuming and requiring patience, if prepared correctly is a delicacy not to be missed.

My grandma, Indira Ramarao(daughter of Koviladi Madhav Rao) married to C.H. Ramarao, whose authentic recipes I am sharing.

APPEECH KHEER

Ingredients:

• Milk-1 litre
• Chirotee Rava-1 cup
• Sugar-1/2 cup
• saffron-1/8 tsp
• Cardamom powder- 1 tsp(optional)
• Ghee- for frying

Method:

1. Add water to the chiroti rava and knead it into a dough, making sure that the dough is tight enough for frying. Let the dough rest for 4-5 hours.
2. Boil the milk and divide it in half and keep aside.
3. Roll the kneaded dough as thin as rotis and cut them into even squares. Fry these squares in ghee till they are crisp and golden brown in color.
   Alternatively, you can fry the kneaded dough in the form of pooris(rolled as thin as rotis)
   and crumble them later.
4. Now dump these crisp fries in one half of the milk and let it come to one boil.
5. Add the remaining half of milk and let it come to another boil or till the fries are cooked and tender. Let it rest for 10 mins.
6. Add the saffron and the sugar and mix well and let it come to room temperature or till it becomes cool.
7. Add the cardamom powder and mix well.

• The trick lies in properly kneading the chiroti rava dough and rolling it in thin and even slices.

The Appeech kheer is now ready...!!!