
Sorghum Kheer
Creamy kheer made from crushed sorghum grain cooked in milk with jaggery. Bijapur harvest season sweet celebrating rabi crop.
Time 50 min · Serves 6 · 183 kcal · Vijayapura, Karnataka
Ingredients
Garnish
- Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)
Main
- Jaggery — 100 g (whole)
- Milk — 100 g (whole)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- sugar — 0.5 cup (whole)
Tempering
- Coconut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Method
- Heat the coconut oil in a heavy-bottomed pan on low flame.
- Add the milk and bring it to a gentle boil, stirring occasionally.
- Lower the heat and let the milk simmer, stirring from time to time so it does not stick to the bottom.
- Add the sugar and jaggery, and stir well until both dissolve completely into the milk.
- Add a pinch of salt and continue simmering the kheer on low flame until it thickens slightly to a rich, pourable consistency, about 20 to 25 minutes.
- Crush the cardamom and stir it into the kheer just before turning off the flame.
- Serve the sorghum kheer warm or chilled, garnished with a sprinkle of extra crushed cardamom.
Common questions
- What is ಬೀಜಾಪುರ ಜ್ವಾರ ಖೀರ in English?
- ಬೀಜಾಪುರ ಜ್ವಾರ ಖೀರ is written Sorghum Kheer in English.
- How many calories in one plate of Sorghum Kheer?
- 183 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 50 min — 10 min prep, 40 min cooking.
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