Phirni is one of the creamy dessert or pudding prepared from grounded basmathi rice. As a combination of rice and milk, it is healthy and nutritious rich dessert. It is a festive dessert, can be prepared easily with few ingredients and steps. It is consumed chilled with almond pieces.
INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARATION
- Basmathi rice: 1/4cup
- Milk: 1 L
- Sugar: 1 cup
- Cardamom: 6
- Almonds:20-25
- Rose water: 1 tsp
METHOD OF PREPARATION
- Wash rice and drains its water with a cotton cloth or tissue.
- Powder the rice like that of semolina using a dry mixer jar.
- Boil milk in a thick-bottomed pan.
- When it starts boiling, add ground rice into it by stirring at low flame to avoid lump formation.
- Add sugar also.
- Give a stir on interwals. Lid of the pan should be opened.
- Soak almond in water for 2 hours and remove its skin, are chopped into pieces.
- Cardamom are cushed.
- When the milk with rice starts thickening, add crushed almond(keep little for garnishing) and crushed cardamom to it and stir well.
- Keep cooking for another 5 minutes by continous stirring.
- Dont allow it to thickens more as it will become thick more while cooling .
- Add rose water and give a stir to mix well.
- Turn off the flame and garnish it with almond pieces.
- When it cools, refrigerate before eating, as its taste increases while cooling.
Delicious sweet dessert Phirni is ready. Serve chilled.