Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, paneer kheer recipe | paneer payasam | paneer dessert recipes is a vegetarian Indian dessert made with ghee / clarified butter, cashew / kaju, and raisins / kishmish in about 25 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- 5 cashew / kaju (halved)
- 1 tbsp raisins / kishmish
- 3 cups milk (full cream)
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup paneer / cottage cheese (crumbled)
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 1 tsp ghee and roast 5 cashew, 1 tbsp raisins to golden brown.
- add in 3 cups milk and stir well.
- get the milk to boil keeping the flame on medium stirring occasionally.
- simmer for 5 minutes or till the milk thickens slightly.
- further add ¼ cup sugar and ½ cup crumbled paneer. mix well.
- boil for 3 minutes or till the paneer gets cooked well completely.
- add in ¼ tsp cardamom powder and stir well.
- finally, serve paneer kheer hot or cold garnished with few dry fruits.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
