KADDU AND TAPIOCA KHEER(BOTTLEGUARD KHEER)

Kheer literally sweet made of milk, and mostly it's muslim traditional recipe eaten for occassions and it has got more importance.But now a days every one are making this recipe with many variations.Today I made bottle guard kheer in Hindi it is called as (kaddu ka kheer).This is my mom's own recipe and I learned from her.Its so simple with only few ingredients and also very quickly we can make it and impress the family members,I added green food colour to this recipe,tapioca absorbs the color and appears like pearls and theywill float on the kheer.I am sending this recipe for Sanghis on going event FIL-Milk of http://sanghi-tastybites.blogspot.com
The recipe as follows

INGREDIENTS:
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1. Milk-4 1/2 cups
2. Grated bottle guard/doodhi/kaddu/sorakaya-1/2 cup
3. Tapioca/sabudana-1/4th cup
4. Koya/ricotta cheeses-2 table spoons
5. Sugar-3/4Th cup(add as per the sweetness you like)
6. Bread slices-2
7. Cashews-10
8. Almonds-10
9. Cardamom/ilaichi powder-1/4Th teaspoon
10. Unsalted butter-1 table spoon
11. Green food colour-2 pinches

PREPARATIONS:
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1. Fry bottle guard along with cashews and set a side
2. Pressure cook tapioca and cook until done
3. Discard the brown layer of the bread slices and wet in the milk - 4 table spoons) and mix to a fine paste
4. Ground almonds coarsely and set a side

METHOD:

1. boil the milk and add all ingredients one after other,cook on medium flame
2. Boil until the milk thickens and raw flavour is gone
3. Finally add cardamom powder and boil for 2 minutes
4. Serve chilled or hot(as you like )