Orange Kheer Recipe | Komola Kheer Recipe

28 Mar Orange Kheer Recipe | Komola Kheer Recipe

Last Updated on March 15, 2025 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Orange Kheer Recipe is here with step wise pictorial method is here.

Recipes which sound uncommon and made with awkward combinations always raise a question whether it will taste good and will it be easy to cook?

A sweet delicacy from the land of West Bengal, Orange Kheer, also named as Komola Kheer falls in the same category as Orange is a citrus fruit and a thought arises at first is that it’s combination with milk surely destroys the milk. BUT ..what is otherwise not good is not just good but more than excellent in case of this recipe. 

Combination of orange and milk sounds awkward to many but believe it that when the refreshing tanginess of orange meets the intensely rich flavor of thickened milk, it will result in an enhancive Orange Kheer that anyone is bound to fall in love with.

Highly easy to make with the very basic ingredients and that too in 10-12 minutes, the only tough part is to eat just one bowl. Not only this orange kheer, but whenever we have added oranges in our cooking, those recipes always come up with the great results, either it be Eggless Orange Cake or Baked Banana. You too can cherish the tanginess of oranges. with these recipes.

As far as Orange Kheer is concerned, you can also make it during fasts.

Today there are 2 major reasons for presenting this dessert. ONE, this is the first Navratra of Goddess Durga which is being celebrated across India and TWO, this is the 100th post in our blog.

(You will find other recipes like Sabudana Vada and Rasawal for the fast in this blog)

So let’s begin…

STEP WISE PICTORIAL RECIPE OF ORANGE KHEER RECIPE :

Take a heavy bottomed pan and add 2 tbsp of water and full fat milk. Put the heat on high. 

When the milk begins to boil, lower the heat. Mix arrowroot powder in 1/4th cup of water and mix well to no lumps. 

Pour this slurry to the milk while steering continuously  

Allow the milk to simmer while scrapping the sides occasionally because malai will keep on sticking to it 

In about 40 – 45 minutes when the milk will reduce to half i.e. 500 ml, add saffron and sugar 

Let the milk simmer for more 8-10 minutes or until milk turns creamy in texture 

Remove the pan from the heat. Add cardamom powder and chopped nuts. Mix well.

 In the mean time, peel, de-seed and chop the oranges finely. Keep aside.

 Once the milk has cooled down, add the chopped oranges and orange zest in the milk. 

Give it a good mix 

 Place the orange kheer in the refrigerator. Garnish with rest of the crushed dryfruits and serve chilled.

NOTES :

Make sure that the oranges you are going to use are sweet. Sour oranges will spoil the taste of kheer.

 The purpose of arrowroot powder is just to shorten the time of coming milk to half. If you don’t have arrowroot powder, no issues. Let milk reduce to half on its own. 

In case you are not observing fast, you can also use cornflour in place of arrowroot powder.

 Zest is prepared by scraping or cutting from the outer, orange coloured skin of orange. It is used to add flavor to foods.

To make orange zest, grate the outer skin of the orange peel. Be careful as you should only grate the upper orange coloured layer of the orange peel and not the white inner portion of orange peel.

Incase you have orange essence, feel free to use that as well for more intense flavor Don’t add orange into milk unless milk is completely cool otherwise milk will curdle.

This kheer tastes best only if served chilled.

ORANGE KHEER – RECIPE CARD 

Orange Kheer | Komola Kheer

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Orange kheer is a unique combination of oranges and milk and perfect recipe of fast/ vrat.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Servings 3

Ingredients

  

• 1 Litre Milk (Full Fat)
• 3 Medium Oranges
• 2 tbsp Arrowroot flour
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
• 4 tsp Orange zest
• 6 tbsp Sugar
• 2 pinches saffron
• 2 tbsp Dry fruit as per choice
• 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp water

Instructions

 

• Take a heavy bottomed pan and add 2 tbsp of water and full fat milk. Put the heat on high.
• When the milk begins to boil, lower the heat. Mix arrowroot powder in 1/4th cup of water and mix well to no lumps.
• Pour this slurry to the milk while steering continuously
• Allow the milk to simmer while scrapping the sides occasionally because malai will keep on sticking to it
• In about 40 - 45 minutes when the milk will reduce to half. Ie 500 mL add saffron and sugar
• Let the milk simmer for more 8-10 minutes or until milk turns creamy in texture
• Remove the pan from the heat. Add cardamom powder and chopped nuts. Mix well.
• In the mean time, peel, deseed and chop the oranges finely. Keep aside.
• Once the milk has cooled down, add the chopped oranges and orange zest in the milk.
• Give it a good mix
• Place the orange kheer in the refrigerator. Garnish with rest of the crushed dryfruits and serve chilled.

Notes

Make sure that the oranges you are going to use are sweet. Sour oranges will spoil the taste of kheer.

 The purpose of arrowroot powder is just to shorten the time of coming milk to half. If you don't have arrowroot powder, no issues. Let milk reduce to half on its own. 

In case you are not observing fast, you can also use cornflour in place of arrowroot powder.

 Zest is prepared by scraping or cutting from the outer, orange coloured skin of orange. It is used to add flavor to foods.

To make orange zest, grate the outer skin of the orange peel. Be careful as you should only grate the upper orange coloured layer of the orange peel and not the white inner portion of orange peel.

Incase you have orange essence, feel free to use that as well for more intense flavor Don't add orange into milk unless milk is completely cool otherwise milk will curdle.

This kheer tastes best only if served chilled.