Sama ke chawal ki kheer is usually prepared during fasting days in North India. I remember my mother used to prepare Sama ke chawal ki kheer during Navratri and Sawan ke Somvar fasting days. As I have always had a sweet tooth, I loved this quickly prepared kheer. Even my husband Manish loves this kheer. His grandmother used to prepare this at the occasion of Janmashtmi festival.
The funny part is that since my childhood till a few years back, I always thought that Sama ke chawal is a specific variety of rice itself. But now we all know it is actually part of millets family called as barnyard millet. It is very healthy, gluten free ingredient loaded with fiber and iron, if you want to include it in your diet.
Years back these specific Sama ke chawal were usually available in the grocery stores only before fasting days. Now as different types of millets are trending, these barnyard millets are available all year round in our regular grocery shops and online stores also.
The best part about this millet is that it is cooked very quickly. So no worries about spending a lot of time in the kitchen trying out new dishes.
In different states of India Sama ke chawal is know with different names as Samak chawal, Samo rice, Samai rice, Jungle rice, Shyam/Shyama rice, Jhangora, Bhagar etc… Now we get flour also from this millet, so there are many possibilities to try all different interesting gluten free dishes for your fasting days.
There are a few more recipes for different types of kheer in the blog. If interested, you can go through them also…
Kheer with white rice (chaawal ki kheer)
Ingredients:
Sama ke chawal 1/4 cup
Milk (fat free) 1/2 litre
Sugar 1/3 cup
Cardamom powder, mixed nuts, grated coconut.
Process:
Wash and soak sama ke chawal in water for 15 minutes.
In a pan keep milk for boiling. When milk starts boiling, reduce the heat and drain the water from sama ke chawal and add them into the milk.
Now increase the heat and keep stirring using the spatula till milk and sama ke chawal both start boiling together. Reduce the heat to sim but keep stirring to avoid milk and sama ke chawal sticking at the bottom of the pan. Within 15-20 minutes, sama ke chawal will bloom nicely and will look all mixed up with milk.
Add sugar and keep stirring on sim heat till sugar completely melts down. With the addition of sugar, kheer consistency will be little thinner. Switch off heat. Let the kheer cool down.
Once kheer cools down completely, it might turn thick. If you like thin consistency, add little bit of milk and mix it well.
Transfer Sama ke chawal ki kheer into serving bowl and garnish with mixed nuts, coconut and cardamom powder.
Super easy and loaded with nutrients. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see you here after long Deeksha. How have you been?
Hi Radhika, thank you so much🥰
I am doing good. Had been to my native for some time, so was not much on social media. Hopefully, will soon be coming with new post to fill the missing gap😊
A quick kheer is such a blessing! Thanks for this share, Deeksha.
You bet Jaya!!
Thank you so much❤
Wow tasty and delicious, Deeksha. A nice recipe. Will try it at home.
Thank you very much Kamal😘😊
I hope you will like the taste ☺
You are welcome Deeksha. Ya will try🙂❤️🙏🏻
A healthy kheer… a sweet sharing, Deeksha!!😋😋
Thank you so much Indira😘😊
Very nice.
Thank you very much 😊
That sounds delicious and very comforting. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your recipe.
You are always most welcome Lynette 😘thanks a lot😊
Really helpful for the Navratre!! Thank you 🙂
You are always welcome Aahna😘
One of my fav recipes!!
Thanks a lot😊
Very nice recipe ma’am, nice to see your post after a long time. Please keep posting, ma’am 🙏🙏🌻
Thank you very much Yogesh☺
Will definitely try to be regular 😊😊
Looks tempting. I also like the South Indian Kheer- payasam.
Thank you very much.
Yes, South Indian payasam has different consistency than our North Indian kheer and variety of payasam is amazing here. From vermicelli, poppy seeds and even chana daal and moong daal payasam is there.
🙂
Nice recipe.Thanks for sharing.
You are most welcome ☺😊
This millet looks like quinoa. Really good recipe. 👍
Thank you very much Suni 😊
The grain of this millet is slightly bigger than regular rava.
You’re right, Dee. 🌝