Coconut Rice Kheer

Name: COCONUT RICE KHEER
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: ¼ cup rice; 2 cups water; ⅓ cup fresh coconut (shredded); 2 cups coconut milk (thick); ¼ -⅓ cup sugar (vegan); 2 tbsp nuts (chopped); ½ tsp cardamom powder; 1 tbsp avocado oil (or any odourless oil)

January 30, 2023mayurisjikoni

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Recipe: Coconut Rice Kheer

Coconut Rice Kheer is a creamy, tasty vegan kheer or rice pudding that is made with fresh coconut, rice and coconut milk. Add a bit of cardamom or cinnamon powder for that spice flavour and some chopped nuts for a bit of crunch. Actually, this gluten free kheer is so easy to make and perfect for those who follow a vegan diet. However, it is a delicious alternate for those who don’t follow a vegan diet.

What Is Kheer?

Kheer is the Indian way of preparing a rice pudding. Basmati rice or short grain rice is allowed to cook in milk till it is done and appears thick and creamy. Spices, nuts and dried fruits are added and served hot or cold. However, it is common to find kheer made with other grains, fruits and vegetables other than rice. My all time favourite is Sabudana Kheer.

Theme: Vegan Recipes

This month for the Shhh Cooking Secretly group Radha who blogs at Magical Ingredients suggested we make Vegan Recipes. Her creamy unique vegan jackfruit kofta curry is a must try recipe. What I like is that she has got the creaminess of the curry base by using cashewnut yogurt.

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A vegan diet is where no animal products are used in cooking, be it meat, fish, eggs, dairy products. In other words, it is a plant based diet. In fact, the whole concept of this diet is to minimize or stop exploitation and cruelty of animals. Nowadays it is easier to find ready made vegan cheese, milk, fake meat, etc.

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My Partner

As this group largely is a partner dependent group, each month we pair up participants. They give them 2 secret ingredients to use in their dish. Once the dish is ready, the photo is posted on our FB group. Then other participants try and guess the two secret ingredients. For this purpose, my partner is Sasmita. She blogs at First Timer Cook. Her photos are simply beautiful. I had indicated to Sasmita that I would like to make a vegan dessert. Accordingly, she gave me coconut milk and cardamom. As hers is a savoury dish I suggested she uses onion and broccoli. With those two ingredients she has made finger licking, crispy Broccoli Balls using an air fryer.

Ingredients Required For Coconut Rice Kheer

Rice – I usually use basmati rice. However, feel free to use short grain rice or any other rice of your choice.

Water – to wash and soak the rice in. Also need some to cook the rice.

Fresh Coconut – shredded.

Coconut Milk – I have used canned coconut milk as it tends to be thicker. I used Renuka brand coconut cream which actually has the consistency of thick coconut milk.

Oil– generally rice is stir fried in ghee before adding milk. As this is a vegan recipe, I have used avocado oil. Use any odourless oil or coconut oil.

Beet Sugar – many of the refined sugar are refined with bone char and therefore not suitable for a vegan diet. Or use coconut sugar. If you use coconut sugar, the colour of the kheer will be a bit dark.

Nuts – mixed nuts, chopped. Add nuts of your choice.

Cardamom Powder – elachi. Add according to your taste. Can replace it with cinnamon powder.

Watch How To Make Vegan Coconut Rice Kheer