Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cheppi kheeri (konkani style coconut rice pudding). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cheppi Kheeri is a Konkani style traditional rice pudding or porridge, flavored with fragrant turmeric leaves and cooked only in fresh coconut milk!! This is a Konkani style traditional rice pudding or porridge, flavored with fragrant turmeric leaves and cooked only in fresh coconut milk!! Cheppi is bland (no-salt, no-sugar) in Konkani and only the flavor of the turmeric leaves and fresh coconut suffices in this dish to give it a sweet, fragrant aroma.

Cheppi Kheeri (Konkani style coconut rice pudding) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Cheppi Kheeri (Konkani style coconut rice pudding) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cheppi kheeri (konkani style coconut rice pudding) using 3 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cheppi Kheeri (Konkani style coconut rice pudding):

1. Get 1 1/2 cups freshly grated coconut
2. Take 1/3 cup rice
3. Take 1 turmeric leaf

Transfer it to a bowl for a closer view of the dish. Rice with coconut milk and turmeric leaves (Cheppi kheeri/Kheeri). Creamy Coconut Rice Pudding with a tropical kick - super easy to make, a real joy to eat and it's vegan too! Maybe even better than the "original"?

Steps to make Cheppi Kheeri (Konkani style coconut rice pudding):

1. Blend coconut with 1 to 1 ½ cups water in a mixie or blender for a few seconds. - Remove from blender jar and strain through a muslin cloth into a bowl. Squeeze as much of the coconut milk into a bowl.
2. This is the thick milk.
3. Add water again to the coconut gratings, about ¾ cup, and blend again. - Strain once more and this is the thin coconut milk.
4. Wash rice, drain and add to the thin coconut milk. Add about ½ cup or more water. - Place in a pressure cooker or pan and cook on high for about 3 to 4 whistles (or lower the heat after 1 whistle and simmer on low for 5 minutes). Turn off heat and let the pressure pan cool. - Once pressure is released, slowly open the pan. The rice would have cooked well. It should be mushy. Rice should be cooked well for this kheer.
5. Now, add the thick coconut milk and gently mix on low heat. - Wash the turmeric leaf well and cut it into a few large pieces; add to the rice mixture and gently stir. and simmer for a minute. Remove from heat.
6. The kheer should be slightly thin as it thickens on cooling. - Serve hot or warm. Cheppi Kheeri is normally eaten as such as the flavor of the coconut milk is what gives this no-salt, no-sugar kheer an amazing sweet taste!! - Some people do not relish this taste so they add sugar to it. It is your choice, but traditionally, this turmeric leaf flavored kheer does not use any sugar or salt.
7. Note: - Coconut is the star of this kheer, so feel free to use more coconut!! - Turmeric leaves (with a hoard of health benefits – anti-inflammatory, beneficial for the liver, anti-cancer properties, boosts immunity, etc.) emanate a wonderful exotic flavor, so please no substitutions and do not skip adding this!!
8. Do not use dry or frozen coconut for this; use only fresh coconut!! If unavailable, coconut milk will give a fairly good taste. Just cook the rice in water with turmeric leaves.
9. Add coconut milk to the cooked rice and simmer for about 5 to 10 minutes for the flavor of the milk to permeate the rice grains. - Any ordinary rice is perfect for this, do not use basmati as we want the aroma of the turmeric leaf to be prominent. - Remove the turmeric leaves before eating.

Cheppi (bland taste) kheeri (kheer in Marathi means 'payasam' or 'pudding', the dish I am referring to is 'kheeri' the difference may be because there is no sugar in it) is a festival dish. I have a confession to make: My new job is making me lazy. Doing anything aside from collapsing in bed sounds like a monumental feat. And that's if I haven't gone to the gym after work. Cheppi kheeri(चेप्पी खिरी)-Bland kheer which is tasteless and has no flavorful except the smell of turmeric leaves.

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