"Go Veg!" and "Love Peace" are two simple mottoes I live by. Today, October 1 is World Vegetarian Day, the kick-off of worldwide Vegetarian Awareness Month. Tomorrow is the birthday of one of our greatest peacemakers - Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gandhi.
An essential part of Gandhi's personal recipe for peace was being vegetarian. I hope Mango Power Girl helps you learn about and enjoy vegetarian food.
To honor Gandhi and all peacemakers around the world, I give you my mom's recipe for Kheer. Kheer is the popular rice pudding often found in Indian restaurants.
She used:
1 tspn ghee (unsalted, clarified butter)
1/4 cup rice
1/2 cup water (washed and soaked)
2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
a pinch of saffron
1/8 tspn or a pinch of nutmeg
1/4 tspn crushed cardamom
some thinly sliced toasted almonds
some thinly sliced toasted pistachios
Her method:
1. In a sauce pan, roast the rice in ghee, on medium heat, until slightly brown.
2. Add the water, cover, and let the rice cook until it is almost cooked, but not completely.
3. Add the milk, bring it up to a simmer, and then turn the heat to low.
4. Add the saffron, nutmeg, cardamom, sugar, and cook some more on low heat until the Kheer thickens. It should really come together with a porridge consistency.
5. Add the nuts and serve hot; or, chill in the fridge and enjoy cold!
Today at a peaceful protest with local monks and students in Seattle, I signed a petition to try and stop the current atrocities in Burma/Myanmar. It was a small act of peace but if you look around, online or in your daily life, you will find many opportunities of your own.
Enjoy this Peace Kheer, and while you do, think: what will you do to stand up for peace? As Gandhi said, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world."
8 comments:
I never knew 1st oct was Veggie day !
and i want some of you mums kheer too :ppp
What a wonderful post! Knowing what is going on in Myanmar is so disheartening. Hope and Peace is what we all should be working on.
Erik98122
Kate - Now you you do... and entire month of October is for Vegetarian awareness...so celebrate it now ;) Come get mom's kheer any time you like if there is ever any leftover!
Erik - THANKS! It is sad about what's going on in Burma ...I hear from people everyday how they can't get in touch with their loved ones & are worried. And, so true if everyone else who enjoys peace and freedom right now did something, they might have a resolution! If you are interested, here are the links:
a national effort: www.uscampaignforburma.org
a local effort: http://students.washington.edu/burma/
That looks really really good. Maybe If I replace it with soy milk I'll be able to make it and try it for myself. Thanks for sharing, looks seriously yums.
Victoria - Thanks! You've also given me a great idea...perhaps I need to come up with a vegan version or tip for all my recipes since they are so close & all the vegans can almost enjoy. Lemme know if you make it with soy milk, I'd like to know how it turns out.
Hi Mohini,
Your pudding looks amazing.
Thank you for your entry for VAM.
Greetings, Margot
Yum! I love this kind of dessert after a spicy Indian meal.
Margot, thanks a lot for putting up my entries, love the VAM Round-up you had there...what a great idea!
Cindy - Thanks for stopping by!
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