Oats Kheer
Oats kheer is a delicious kheer variety made with quick cooking oats or rolled oats, milk, ghee and dry fruits.
Servings: 2 to 3
Calories: 547kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Ghee (clarified butter)
- ½ cup quick-cooking oats
- 3 cups milk
- ⅓ cup sugar or add as per taste
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 pinch saffron strands - optional
- 3 to 4 almonds - chopped (optional)
- 3 to 4 pistachios - chopped (optional)
- 6 to 7 cashews - chopped (optional)
- 1 tablespoon golden raisins - chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Chop all the dry fruits, keep all the ingredients ready for the recipe.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of ghee in a thick bottomed pan.
- Add ½ cup oats.
- Stir well and saute for 2 to 3 mins on low flame.
- Then add 3 cups of milk. Add 1/3 cup sugar. Mix well.
- Simmer the kheer for 2 to 3 minutes on a low flame, till the oats soften.
- Add chopped dry fruits, raisins, pinch of saffron strands and 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom powder.
- Simmer for 2 minutes more and switch off the flame.
- Don't boil the kheer too much else it will become a thick kheer. When the oats kheer cools down then it will thicken more.
- Serve warm or chilled as a breakfast or dessert post meals.
Notes
- Adding dry fruits and saffron is optional. You can skip dry fruits if you want.
- You can add dry fruits of your choice.
Nutrition Facts
Oats Kheer
Amount Per Serving
Calories 547
Calories from Fat 207
% Daily Value*
Fat 23g35%
Saturated Fat 11g69%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 53mg18%
Sodium 159mg7%
Potassium 640mg18%
Carbohydrates 72g24%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 56g62%
Protein 16g32%
Vitamin A 795IU16%
Calcium 423mg42%
Iron 1.5mg8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition
Calories: 547kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 640mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 56g | Vitamin A: 795IU | Calcium: 423mg | Iron: 1.5mg