Makhana Kheer

Makhana kheer is a sweet dessert pudding made with Makhana (foxnuts), milk, ghee, sugar and dry fruits. This is an easy and popular sweet that is often made during Navratri Fasting or Mahashivratri vrat or Ekadasi Fasting. I had made the makhane ki kheer during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. It tastes delicious and you can also make it on regular days as a sweet.

I always have a jar of makhana at home. Makhana is also known foxnuts in English. I usually roast the makhana and keep it in an air tight jar. Since we make kheer also with makhana, it’s time I updated the recipe on the blog. You can read more about these healthy seeds on my Roasted Makhana post.

Makhana is healthier than popcorn or any of the ready to eat cornflake cereals. I recently read that since there is no demand for makhana in most cities, the poor farmers who cultivate these in the central Indian wetlands are no longer doing so.

Not only the farmers are losing their work, but also we are losing in a way. Traditional Indian food habits are healthy. Slowly under the pressure of fast life and heavy influence from big corporate food giants we are changing our food habits, which is really sad.