Festive Cuisine - Holi

Phirni

INGREDIENTS:

500ml milk
3 tbsp rice
7 tbsp sugar
6-7 cardamoms
8-10 cashew nuts
8-10 raisins
4-5 peeled almonds
A pinch of saffron

METHOD:

Soak saffron in warm milk and keep it separately. Clean and wash the rice and grind it to a fine paste, boil the milk in a heavy bottom vessel, add the rice paste and cook on a slow fire stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed. Cook till the rice is soft and mixture becomes thick. Meanwhile fry the chopped cashew nuts, almonds and raisins in two tablespoons of butter and keep aside. Once the milk mixture reaches the desired consistency, add these nuts and continue stirring for some more time. Finally, mix the powdered sugar and saffron soaked in milk, and allow it to cool. To lend a traditional touch, serve in small earthen dishes decorated with grated pistachio (pista) and powdered cardamom and serve chilled.

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