Carrot-Almond Kheer

Ingredients:

• 100 grams of carrot(s)
• 10 to 12 almonds
• Pachai Karpooram (also known as green camphor)
• Cardamom - Half teaspoon
• Milk - 1 cup
• Sugar 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Cut the carrot and steam it.
2. Remove the almond skins and grind the almonds with the carrots and the milk in a blender/mixie.
3. Take a bowl and put it on the stove and pour the mixture into the bowl.
4. Add sugar and water, add more sugar if you want it sweeter or more water if needed.
5. Let it boil for 2 - 3 minutes.
6. Take from flame and add crushed cardamom and pachai karpooram ( green camphor)
7. Serve hot or cold.
8. Leave a comment.

Enjoy!

Did you know?

1. Pachai Karpooram (green camphor) is got from the tree Cinnamomum camphora (commonly known as Camphor tree, Camphorwood or camphor laurel)
2. Camphor is a white crystalline substance, obtained from the tree Cinnamonum camphora. Camphor has been used for many centuries as a culinary spice, a component of incense and as a medicine. Camphor is also a bug-repellant and a flea-killing substance.
   
3. Cinnamomum camphora is native to Taiwan, southern Japan, southeast China and Indochina