Kheer is a very tasty Indian dessert made with milk and vermicelli, garnished with some nuts and raisins. This is quite simple and easy to make.

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1. Boil 500 ml milk on low heat until it reduces to half its volume. Let an adult help you.
2. In a separate pan, add 1 Tbsp ghee or clarified butter and put it on low heat  Let it melt and add 1 cup vermicelli to it.
3. Fry the vermicelli until it starts getting brown but not burnt.
4. Add this vermicelli to the reduced milk and boil until it becomes soft.
5. Add 1 cup of sugar after the vermicelli becomes soft. Keep stirring until the sugar melts.
6. In a pan, add 1 tsp ghee or clarified butter and add cashews and raisins to it. Fry them on medium heat.
7. Garnish the kheer with the fried cashews and raisins.
8. It can be eaten either hot or cold.

Tips:

• Take care not to burn the milk by stirring it.
• Take care not to burn the vermicelli while frying it.
• Any other nuts like almonds and pistachios (crushed) can be added to it for garnishing.