Corn Badam Kheer

Corn is consider as both vegetable and grain, corn when eaten before they get mature is vegetable, once try they become a seed. Corn is highly rich in vitamin A, its a gluten free grain and its one of my main ingredient in many gluten free foods. When i chosed this week's of blogging marathon theme as desserts with vegetables, i know i'll be making a dessert with sweet corns. Earlier i was planning to make halwa with them and finally i went for this super delicious kheer, i used chironji seeds and blanched almonds to give more nuttiess to this excellent dessert.

This corn kheer can be enjoyed both chilled or warm, an excellent dessert to serve your sudden guests or to make as a special sweet for festival days. However i prepared this corn kheer few days back since i had some sudden guest at home. They simply enjoyed this kheer when they were warm and they loved it. If you want to make a different kheer just prepare this delicious kheer with sweet corn kernels.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#34.

1cup Sweet corn kernels
20nos Almonds
1/2cup Chironji/Saara paruppu
4cups Milk
1/2cup Sugar
1tbsp Saffron strands
1/2tsp Cardamom powder

Pressure cook the sweet corn kernels upto three whistles.

Take the almonds, chironji with enough water separately in a microwave safe bowl,cook for each for a minute in high power and keep aside.

Peel the skin of almonds and chironjis.

Grind the nuts and cooked corn kernels with enough milk as a smooth paste.

Meanwhile heat the milk in a vessel with saffron strands for few minutes.

Add the sugar,almond-chironji paste,sugar, cardamom powder, heat in simmer for few minutes.