By Garima Johar
October 16, 2026
No Navratri thali is complete without a dessert. To make a vrat-friendly dessert, you can swap your daily rice with samak chawal and whip up a creamy batch of kheer. Here is a step-wise recipe to make samak kheer.
1 cup samak chawal 3 cups milk 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup chopped almonds 1/4 cup chopped pistachios 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder 1 tablespoon ghee
Mix rinsed samak chawal with milk and boil it. Let the mixture simmer till the rice is soft.
Stir in the sugar and cardamom powder. Cook till the milk thickens.
Mix in chopped almonds and pistachios. Drizzle some ghee on top.
Let the rice kheer cool and add it to the vrat thali.