I always get stuck when it comes to preparing desserts. Most desserts take ages to prepare! One option is to buy any traditional Indian sweet such as gulab jamun, rasgulla, etc. from any sweet shop. But, that's not fun. So, I have been in the hunt for a dessert that can be prepared in less than an hour. Phirni fits the bill!
Here it goes - my recipe for the dessert - Phirni.
Ingredients::
500 ml milk
200 g white sugar (finely ground)
half spoon cardamom powder
200 g fragrant Basmati rice
50 g Strawberries or kiwis or peaches or mangoes (or any other fleshy and juicy fruit)
50 g Strawberries or kiwis or peaches or mangoes (or any other fleshy and juicy fruit)
Preparation::
1. Wash the Basmati rice and soak it in lukewarm water for about 10 minutes.
2. While the rice is soaking, put the milk in a deep-bottomed pan, and heat it.
3. Add the sugar and cardamom powder to the milk. Stir the contents, and continue heating on a low flame.
4. Once the 10 minutes are over, drain the water from the Basmati rice. Grind the Basmati rice in a hand blender or mixer-grinder. Do not grind too much - the rice should not be like a paste, it should be grainy.
6. Take the pan off the stove.
7. Cut the fruit into 1 inch pieces. You can use any fleshy and juicy fruit such as Strawberries or kiwis or peaches or mangoes. But use only one fruit. Mixed-fruit phirni tastes very bad :(
8. Mix the cut fruit with the contents of the pan.
9. Refrigerate and serve cold. Your Phirni is ready! For a restaurant-y look, garnish with shaved bits of almonds and cashew, and 2-3 strands of saffron.
It takes about 35-45 min to prepare this Phirni. It's simple and tasty. The flavors are clean and the fruit in the Phirni gives a blast of freshness to the whole dish.
1. Wash the Basmati rice and soak it in lukewarm water for about 10 minutes.
2. While the rice is soaking, put the milk in a deep-bottomed pan, and heat it.
3. Add the sugar and cardamom powder to the milk. Stir the contents, and continue heating on a low flame.
4. Once the 10 minutes are over, drain the water from the Basmati rice. Grind the Basmati rice in a hand blender or mixer-grinder. Do not grind too much - the rice should not be like a paste, it should be grainy.
6. Take the pan off the stove.
7. Cut the fruit into 1 inch pieces. You can use any fleshy and juicy fruit such as Strawberries or kiwis or peaches or mangoes. But use only one fruit. Mixed-fruit phirni tastes very bad :(
8. Mix the cut fruit with the contents of the pan.
9. Refrigerate and serve cold. Your Phirni is ready! For a restaurant-y look, garnish with shaved bits of almonds and cashew, and 2-3 strands of saffron.
It takes about 35-45 min to prepare this Phirni. It's simple and tasty. The flavors are clean and the fruit in the Phirni gives a blast of freshness to the whole dish.
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