Name: KESAR PHIRNI
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 150 min
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Milk; 1 pinch Saffron (use a good quality saffron for best result); 60 gm Rice (good quality Basmati rice); ¾ Cup Milk (low fat); 1 liter Milk (full fat, can be swapped with coconut or almond milk); ¼ to 1/3 cup Almond Meal (Powdered Almonds, adjust to taste); ½ cup Date Palm Jaggery (scrapped OR Sugar (adjust to taste)); ¼ to ½ tsp cardamom powder (adjust amount to taste); 2 tbsp Mixed Nuts (finely chopped, of your choice, I use almonds and pistachio)

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Creamy & delectable, Phirni is a popular finely ground rice pudding perfumed with saffron and cardamom.

Consider it as rice custard pudding.

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 30

Total Time 2 30

Served AsDesserts

CuisineIndian, Kashmiri

Recipe Taste Sweet

Servings

Ingredients

▢ 2 tbsp Milk
▢ 1 pinch Saffron use a good quality saffron for best result
▢ 60 gm Rice good quality Basmati rice
▢ ¾ Cup Milk low fat
▢ 1 liter Milk full fat, can be swapped with coconut or almond milk
▢ ¼ to 1/3 cup Almond Meal Powdered Almonds, adjust to taste
▢ ½ cup Date Palm Jaggery scrapped OR Sugar (adjust to taste)
▢ ¼ to ½ tsp cardamom powder adjust amount to taste
▢ 2 tbsp Mixed Nuts finely chopped, of your choice, I use almonds and pistachio

Instructions

Notes

Note – The dessert is always served in individual portions.

Note – Serving the phirni in small and shallow earthern pots is highly recommended since that is the traditional way of serving it. Else you can serve it in small glass bowls, preferably shallow.

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