Volume II · 9.09

Date Milk (Kharjura Ksheera)

Name: Date Milk (Kharjura Ksheera)
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: Cow's milk, whole — 3⅓ cups (800 ml); Dates, seedless — 8 seedless (60 g); Green cardamom — ⅛ tsp (0.5 g); Saffron (kesar) — 5 strands (0.1 g)

Drinks — Coolers, Kadhas & MilksDrink

Serves: 4
Portion: 200 ml
Time: 15 min
Texture: Smooth
Season: WinterAutumn
Dosha: Vata
Pitta
Kapha
Vata–Pitta, strengthening

Ingredients

What you need

Custom servings

Ingredients for 4 servings
Ingredient	Household measure	Quantity (4 servings)	Café batch ×5
Cow's milk, whole	3⅓ cups	800 ml	4000 ml
Dates, seedless	8 seedless	60 g	300 g
Green cardamom	⅛ tsp	0.5 g	2.5 g
Saffron (kesar)	5 strands	0.1 g	0.3 g

Method

How to cook it

Step 1: Soak dates in 100 ml warm milk 20 minutes; blend smooth.
Step 2: Boil remaining milk; add date paste; simmer 4 minutes.
Step 3: Add cardamom and saffron.

Nutrition

Per serving, estimated

172kcal

Energy

6.7g

Protein

7.6g

Fat

20.9g

Carbohydrate

Fibre

Salt

Where the energy comes from

Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g

Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.

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Date Milk (Kharjura Ksheera)

What you need

How to cook it

Per serving, estimated

Where the energy comes from

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