Creamy Phirni Recipe - North Indian Rice Pudding
Phirni is creamy milk based sweet dish popular in North Indian cuisine and even in Pakistani cuisine. The method of preparation of phirni is quite easy and its presentation makes the dish quite palatable. Phirni recipe can be prepared with various common and exotic ingredients.
Ingredients
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250 grams Milk
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full cream
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1/2 cup Rice
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soaked in water for at least 3 hours
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2 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds
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crushed
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1 cup Sugar
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adjustable
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2 tablespoons Whole Almonds (Badam)
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thinly sliced
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Creamy Phirni recipe, drain the soaked rice and add it to a mixer grinder
Step 2
Grind the rice coarsely in a grinder by adding a little water or milk
Step 3
The texture should be of fine grains and should not become a paste
Step 4
Boil milk in a heavy bottomed pan
Step 5
Once it starts boiling, add green cardamom into the milk
Step 6
Add sugar in the boiling milk and then add rice into it
Step 7
Stir continuously it for at-least 20 minutes or till the rice gets cooked and the mixture turns slighlty thick
Step 8
When it starts getting thick, turn off the heat and let the phirni cool properly
Step 9
Pour the creamy phirni in kullads (earthen pots), top with pistachios and cover the pots
Step 10
Keep it in fridge for 2 to 3 hours
Step 11
Now take it out, garnish it with sliced almonds or pistachios and serve it chilled
Step 12
Serve Creamy Phirni as a dessert after your scrumptious meal or make it during Ramadan to celebrate the festival
Step 13
Serve Creamy Phirni with delicious meal of Aloo Gobi Ki Sabzi, Ajwain Puri and Boondi Raita on a weekend for brunch or a meal