Cucumber Payasam/Kheer

Cucumber is one of the least used vegetable in our kitchen except for sandwiches and salad. Here , I have given a very simple dessert that use ingredients that are available at home. Please do try and share your comments.

INGREDIENTS:

Cucumber - 1 big no.

Cooked rice - 1/2 cup

Sugar-1/2 cup (If you want it to be more sweet, add 3/4 cup sugar) 

Whole milk - 500 ml

Cashews,almond (roasted)- 2 table spoon

cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon

METHOD:

1. Prepare all ingredients and set ready. 

2. peel the cucumber skin and slit the cucumber into four parts from top as in picture below.

3. Place each part of cucumber flat on a board and use knife to scale the seeds of the cucumber.

4. Cut cucumber in to fine pieces . 

5. Now , in a flat bottomed pan, boil milk well.

6. Once it boils, add cucumber and cooked rice. Before adding rice, mash the cooked rice well and add. Else, it forms lumps. 

7. Allow it boil for 10 minutes. Stir constantly, so that it doesn't get burnt. Once the cucumber and rice gets soft, add sugar and mix well.

8. In another pan, add 1 table spoon of ghee and roast cashews, almonds. 

9. Pour it over the kheer and add cardamom powder and mix well. Cucumber kheer is ready ! 

10. Allow the kheer to cool down. Then refrigerate it. Kheer taste good when refrigerated.