Dates and Oats Kheer/Payasam
Dates and Oats Kheer/Payasam

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, dates and oats kheer/payasam. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Dates and Oats Kheer/Payasam is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Dates and Oats Kheer/Payasam is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have dates and oats kheer/payasam using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Dates and Oats Kheer/Payasam:
  1. Make ready 1/2 cup rolled oats
  2. Make ready 1/4 cup jaggery
  3. Make ready 2 cups milk (preferably whole milk) plus some more for blending
  4. Take 5-6 dates for blending
  5. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
  6. Make ready 1 teaspoon ghee/clarified butter
  7. Take 10 almonds for blending
  8. Prepare 10 almonds for garnishing
  9. Take 4-5 additional dates for garnishing
Steps to make Dates and Oats Kheer/Payasam:
  1. Soak whole almonds in hot water for about 15 to 20 minutes or give one boil to the water and let the almonds steep in it for about 15 minutes. - After 15 minutes, peel the almonds. Chop about half of them (around 10).
  2. Deseed dates and keep about 5 for garnishing. - Place the rest of the peeled almonds (about 10) and 5 to 6 pitted dates in a blender jar and make a fine paste with a little milk
  3. In a saucepan, roast the oats on medium high heat, stirring continuously till you get a nutty aroma; about 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. In the milk and the ground almonds-date paste (rinse the jar with additional milk) into the pan and bring to a boil on medium high heat. - Keep stirring to avoid milk getting burnt at the bottom of the pan. - Once it comes to a boil, lower the heat and add the jaggery. Give it a good stir.
  5. Do a taste test and if needed, add more jaggery according to your taste. - When the jaggery has completely melted into the kheer, add the cardamom powder, stir and remove from heat.
  6. In a small saucepan, heat ghee and roast the chopped almonds till light golden brown. Stir into the cooked payasam.
  7. Serve this delightful jaggery and dates sweetened oats payasam piping hot, warm or cold with additional nuts and chopped dates sprinkled on top.
  8. Kheer/payasam thickens as it cools, so feel free to add more milk when needed. - Enjoy!!!!
  9. #Jaggery. Instead of oats, you can use rice or broken wheat/bulgur instead. Rice will need more time to cook. - Feel free to add any variety of nuts in this payasam. - If you do not have jaggery, use brown sugar or plain sugar. - For a vegan option, use coconut milk instead

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