Phirni

Name: Phirni
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 ml full fat milk; 3 tbsp Basmati or Ambamohar rice; 4 tbsp Nestlé milkmaid; 1 tbsp sugar if needed; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tsp rose water; 4-5 almonds blanched and chopped; 5 pistachios chopped; 4 cashewnuts chopped; strands Saffron few

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Phirni is a rich creamy rice pudding and very popular North Indian dessert served chilled preferably in small earthen bowls and topped with nuts on special occasions like Diwali, Eid etc.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

250 mlfull fat milk
3 tbspBasmati or Ambamohar rice
4 tbspNestlé milkmaid
1 tbspsugar if needed
1/2 tspcardamom powder
1 tsprose water
4-5almonds blanched and chopped
5pistachios chopped
4cashewnuts chopped
strandsSaffron few

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Steps

1

Soak rice in little water for an hour and grind to a coarse paste like semolina.Soak this rice powder in little cold milk.Boil milk in a non stick pan and add the rice paste while the milk is boiling.Stir continuously so that no lumps are formed.Gradually add the sweetened milkmaid. If needed add little sugar.When the mixture thickens add the chopped nuts.Sprinkle rose water and few strands of saffron soaked in warm milk.
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Serve chilled topped with chopped nuts preferably in small earthen bowls.