RECIPE OF DRY FRUIT KHEER

Material Required

2 liter milk

1 cup mixed dried fruits

1/2 cup Makhane

10-12 cashews

2 tablespoons raisins

1/4 cup sugar

1 to 2 inch piece dry coconut –

3-4 cardamom

1/2 cup fresh fruit

How to make?

• Put milk in a pan and let it boil. Add a little water to it before using it, because boiling the milk in a dry pan can burn it on the bottom. Soak the fries and cashews in milk and grind them.
• Soak dried fruits in milk for one hour and grind them and keep them from the beginning. Cut the coconut very thin. Peel cardamom and grind to make powder.
• Add the flower paste and cashew paste to the milk, cook until the milk thickens and turn off the heat.
• After it cools down add raisins, dried fruit paste and coconut to the prepared thick milk. Mix the sugar and cardamom powder by stirring the milk well with a spoon.
• Cover the kheer for 2 minutes so that the aroma of cardamom is well incorporated into the dry fruits and the sugar will also dissolve. Keep the kheer to cool down.
• Now chop the fresh fruits of choice into cold kheer. Garnish the kheer in a bowl and serve fresh chopped fruits and dried fruits. Celebrate the festivities with delicious and nutritious kheer.

Health Benefits of Dry Fruit Kheer:

Sharad Purnima has a special significance in all Purnima. Sharad Purnima is celebrated on the full moon of the Shukla Paksha of Ashwin month. It is also called Kaumudi Purnima. Kheer is made on Sharad Purnima and is kept under the open sky all night. With this, it becomes like nectar. But you will be surprised to know that eating this kheer which is kept under the open sky, gets rid of all diseases. It is believed that on this day the moon is full of all its 16 arts, due to which the moon rains amrit on the earth at 12 o’clock at night. To accept this nectar as a prasad, Kheer is kept in the light of the moon and after 12 o’clock at night, the kheer is picked and eaten as a prasad. 

Let’s know what is the benefit of eating kheer which is kept in the open .

Milk contains an acid called lactic, which exploits a greater amount of strength than the moon’s rays. In addition, starch is found in rice, due to which the process becomes even easier. According to scientific beliefs, consuming this Kheer is also very beneficial. 

1. For people suffering from asthma, eating this Kheer is very beneficial. Asthma patients should be eaten around four o’clock in the morning after placing kheer in the moonlight on the night of Sharad Purnima. 
2. Sharad Purnima Kheer is also very beneficial for heart patients and lung patients. Breathing related diseases are also removed by eating it.
3. People suffering from skin disease get a lot of benefits by eating Sharad Purnima Kheer. It is believed that if any person has skin disease, then he should eat kheer kept in the open sky on this day.
4. This Kheer also benefits people suffering from eye related diseases. There is also a belief that the moon of Sharad Purnima is very bright, that’s why people with low eyesight should keep looking at this moon. Because it improves eyesight. With this, it is believed that in the moonlight of this night, a thread should be put 100 times in the needle to increase the eyesight.
5. Along with providing benefits in eyes, asthma and skin diseases, the moon and kheer of Sharad Purnima is also very beneficial for heart patients and lung patients.
6. Prevents malaria outbreaks. Kheer mosquito bites spread malaria bacteria in the body, causing you to get malaria. But bacteria cannot thrive without a suitable environment. When the malaria bacteria get the environment of bile, then it spreads throughout the body in 4 days, or else it ends in a short time. In this case, the main reason for spreading malaria is increased bile in the body or imbalance of bile. That is, by controlling bile, we can avoid malaria. Bile can be balanced by eating kheer. Therefore, to avoid the imbalance of bile, it is a custom to eat kheer especially at this time.
7. This kheer beneficial for eyesight also greatly benefits people suffering from eye related diseases. It is believed that the moon of Sharad Purnima is very bright, that is why people with low eyesight should keep looking at this moon. Because it improves eyesight. With this, it is believed that in the moonlight of this night, a needle should be threaded 100 times to increase the eyesight.