Healthy Shakarkandi Kheer with Jaggery | Sweet Potato Dessert Recipe
Shakarkandi Kheer is a quick and delicious Indian dessert recipe made with only 3-ingredients sweet potatoes, milk and jaggery. The addition of a little cardamom powder make the shakargandi kheer more flavourful.
Ingredients
- 300 gm raw sweet potato or shakarkandi
- 60 gm jaggary
- 500 ml Toned milk
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 1-2 tbsp chopped nuts and pistachio
Instructions
- Add crushed jaggery in a bowl with around 2-3 tablespoons of water. Microwave it for a minute or cook on a gas top for 1-2 minutes. Mix well and put it aside till the jaggery dissolved completely.
- Now, in a saucepan, add milk and wait till it starts boiling.
- Meanwhile, wash and peel off the skin of the raw sweet potato. Then grate it with the help of a grater. Put it aside.
- Once the milk starts boiling, add grated sweet potato to it. Mix well. Then cover the pan and simmer it. Cook it for 10-12 minutes till the sweet potato become soft, not mushy. Stir in between for proper cooking.
- Now, put a strainer on the pan and strain the dissolved jaggery mixture. Add the cardamom powder. Mix nicely and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
- Switch off the flame. Transfer to serving bowls, garnish with chopped nuts and pistachios. Serve warm or chilled. Enjoy!
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Notes
1. Don’t grate the sweet potato beforehand. It should be done just before we put the milk for boiling to avoid discolouration.
2. Strain the jaggery mixture to remove any dirt or impurities in it before adding to the kheer.
3. After adding jaggery sometimes milk becomes curdle slightly. But do not worry it would not affect the taste. It happens due to the quality of the jaggery.
4. I have used jaggery for this recipe. You can also replace it with date sugar, coconut sugar, raw sugar, honey or maple syrup etc according to your taste preferences.
5. Sweet potato has a natural sweetness So, we do not need to add a lot of sweetener to it. You can even skip or adjust the quantity of sugar according to your taste buds.