Samvat Rice Kheer recipe, How to make Vrat ke Chawal ki kheer

Vrat ke chawal is popularly known as Samvat rice or Samo. It is known with many other names like Mordhan or Moraiyo or swang ke chawal or samak rice or bhagar or barnyard millet. Samvat rice are small in size compared to regular quality of rice and eaten during fasting days.

Navratri is a festival where devotes who are fasting prefer to eat simple food without onion and garlic. Those who don’t prefer eating salt during fasting, this is a choice of recipe.

Vrat ke chawal ki kheer tastes similar to regular rice kheer or rice pudding. This sweet kheer is rich, creamy and grainy from cooked rice. 

The other recipes made with samvat rice are samvat pulao, samvat khichdi, samvat idli and many more. I will share other recipes as well.

Step by step Samvat rice kheer recipe:

1. Rinse the samvat rice well and soak in enough water for 20-30 minutes.
2. Take 2½ cups whole milk in a heavy bottom pan and boil it. Once the milk start to boil, add soaked samvat rice to it. Stir it and once the mixture starts boiling lower the heat.
   
3. Simmer till the samo rice gets cooked properly. It will take about 10 minutes. Stir the kheer after every 2-3 minute.
4. Add sugar, cardamom powder and mix. I have added 3 tbsp. of sugar.
   
5. Add chopped raisins and nuts.
6. Cook for another 2-3 minute and you will see the kheer gets thickened. Turn off the heat.
7. Serve it garnished with some raisins and chopped almonds.
   

Samvat rice kheer recipe below:

Samvat Rice Kheer Prep time Cook time Total  20 min  15 min  35 min Vrat ke chawal ki kheer – fasting recipe AUTHOR: Monali RECIPE TYPE: Fasting recipe, sweet CUISINE: Indian SERVES: 2 INGREDIENTS (measuring cup used, 1 cup=240 ml) 2½ cups whole milk  ¼ cupVrat ke chawal/samvat rice ¼ cup or less sugar ¼ tsp cardamom powder 2 tbsp. chopped cashew nuts 2 tbsp. chopped almonds 1 tbsp raisins DIRECTION Rinse the samvat rice well and soak in enough water for 20-30 minutes. Take milk in a heavy bottom pan and boil it. Once the milk start to boil, add soaked samvat rice to it. Stir it and once te mixture starts boiling lower the heat. Simmer till the samo rice gets cooked properly. It will take about 10 minutes. Stir the kheer after every 2-3 minute. Add sugar and mix. Add chopped raisins and nuts and cardamom powder. Cook for another 2-3 minute and you will see the kheer gets thickened. Turn off the heat. Serve it garnished with some raisins and chopped almonds. TIPS If you are planning to serve the kheer chilled, then don’t thicken the kheer a lot, because once it cools it will thicken. To serve chilled, once the kheer reaches room temperature, let it chill for 2 hrs and keep refrigerated until you are ready to serve. When you pour the kheer with the spoon, thickened milk and cooked rice should drop together; this indicates that the kheer is ready. If milk and rice looks separated then let it thicken more. SERVING SUGGESTION Serve vrat ki kheer as a sweet along with other vrat preparation. It can be served warm or chilled.