Healthy Mahashivratri vrat recipe: Sweet potato kheer

Try this delicious and healthy sweet potato kheer recipe by Sanjeev Kapoor if you're fasting for Mahashivratri.

Written By: Anusha Iyengar | Published : March 4, 2016 6:46 PM IST

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Fasting for Mahashivratri? Why go for the usual sabudana kheer or just fruits when you can make something extraordinary and delicious instead! Make yourself and your family this delicious sweet potato kheer. It is healthy and a rich source of Vitamin C and 100 grams contain eighty calories. You don't have to go on a purchase spree for ingredients to make this, all the ingredients are easily available and you might just find some in your kitchen. It will take you 16-20 minutes to prepare and approximately 30 minutes to cook this kheer. Check out this low-calorie carrot halwa recipe by Tarla Dalal here.

Ingredients:

3 medium sized sweet potatoes, grated and soaked
5 cups of milk
1 tbsp ghee or clarified butter
1 tbsp rose petals
1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
2 tbsp rose syrup
Sugar to taste

Method:

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Heat the ghee in a pan
Add sweet potatoes and saut for two to three minutes
Add some milk. The sweet potatoes get cooked as the milk thickens
Add half of the rose petals and cardamom powder
Stir and cook till the mixture thickens slightly
Add sugar, while stirring, and cook till you get the desired consistency
Switch off the flame set it aside to cool and then, keep it in the refrigerator to chill
After taking the kheer out of the fridge, pour it into serving bowls, add some rose syrup and sprinkle the remaining rose petals before serving

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Recipe: Sanjeev Kapoor

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