Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sweet South Asian dish made by boiling rice with milk, sugar, spices, and sometimes nuts and other ingredients until it thickens to the consistency of gruel.
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- noun An Indian sweet
rice pudding .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This kheer is very rich, and best enjoyed chilled, served in a small bowl (katori).
Archive 2007-02-01 Nupur 2007
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(REUTERS/Grace Liang) 10A Muslim man arranges bowls of a traditional dessert called kheer for sale outside a mosque before the evening prayers on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Indian-administered Kashmir on August 23, 2009.
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My grandmother used to make this "kheer" for Nagpanchmi. and she would send a huge parcel to our home along with many other goodies.
Archive 2008-10-01 Meera 2008
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My grandmother used to make this "kheer" for Nagpanchmi. and she would send a huge parcel to our home along with many other goodies.
Cheppi Kheer - Sugarless Kheer? Meera 2008
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"kheer", which is what it is called in Nepal, India and Pakistan.
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I welcome their visits and their talks, but they do deplete my kheer a tasty, fattening, sweet, South Asian rice pudding dessert.
Wajahat Ali: A Mosque Story Wajahat Ali 2011
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The trays of kheer (rice pudding) and halwa puri (sweet dessert with fried bread) are treated with more honor and respect.
Wajahat Ali: A Mosque Story Wajahat Ali 2011
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I used to love it in the Shraddha chi kheer (made on the 13th day ceremony after death) and the khichdi.
Tomato Saar & Salichi Moog Dal Khichdi Anjali 2009
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The trays of kheer (rice pudding) and halwa puri (sweet dessert with fried bread) are treated with more honor and respect.
Wajahat Ali: A Mosque Story Wajahat Ali 2011
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I welcome their visits and their talks, but they do deplete my kheer a tasty, fattening, sweet, South Asian rice pudding dessert.
Wajahat Ali: A Mosque Story Wajahat Ali 2011
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