Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Tender Coconut Dessert/Fresh Orange Kheer

My friend Aditi's recipe, she's a super-innovative cook. A perfect summer dessert! There's also a variation, - fresh orange kheer - adding it at the end.

Ingredients

Milk - half litre
Condensed milk - half a tin
Coconut milk - you can buy that small packet of Hommade coconut milk (I think it is around 200 ml)
The white stuff inside the tender coconut (ask the tender coconut man for the really tender ones, so that this is almost translucent) Leechis or any other soft sweet translucent fruit will also do - thatti nungu?

Preparation

Take half a litre of boiled milk.
Add half a tin of condensed milk to it, keep on fire, and keep stirring until the condensed milk is well-blended with milk. Does not have to boil.
Take it off the fire and allow it to cool completely.

Then add a small packet of coconut milk. Or make the coconut milk fresh if you can :)
Add thinly chopped pieces of the white stuff you get inside tender coconut - ganji or whatever you call it. Or the lichee or the water chestnut or whatever other fruit you choose.
Check taste - if you want it sweeter, add more condensed milk.


Now chill it nice and proper in the fridge/freezer! The chilling is what adds a lot of the flavor.
Serve chilled.

Variation: Fresh Orange Kheer

"the same milk and condensed milk recipe can be adapted to make fresh orange kheer.... yummm!
leave out the coconut milk, though....
allow the mixture to cool down, then chill.....
once really cold, plonk in peeled orange segments without the pith and pips....
i like this one even better than the tender coconut variant...:-)"

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