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Discription:Kheer is a traditional Indian sweet dish, which is typically made by boiling rice or broken wheat with milk, sugar and flavored with cardamom, saffron etc. Many variations can be brought about to the basic recipe of kheer, which is served as dessert after a sumptuous meal. No matter what the festival is, kheer finds a special place in the menu. It is very simple to prepare and the best recipe to experiment with, for the people, who are fond of cooking.
Ingredients:

• 1 liter milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
• 15 strands saffron crushed, soaked in 1 tsp. hot milk
• 10-12 raisins
• 10-12 currants
• 10-12 almonds slivered
• 10-12 pistachios, slivered
• 5-6 dried peaches, quartered
• 5-6 dried apricots, nut removed, broken to bits

• Soak the raisins, currant, peaches, apricots, in hot water for 10 minutes.
• Boil milk, with cardamom, saffron and sugar for 10 minutes.
• Drain the soaked dry fruit, add to the boiling milk, and stir gently.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
• Add almonds, pistachios, and take off from fire. Serve hot.