Kesar Phirni

Name: Kesar Phirni
Prep time: 250 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 295 min
Ingredients: 1 ¼ liter Milk (Full cream ); 1/4 cup Rice (soaked); 1 gm Saffron (broiled); 30 gm Pistachios; 1/2 cup Sugar (or as required); ½ tsp Cardamom powder; ½ tbsp Rose water; 15 gm Pistachio (slivered); 1/2 gm Saffron (broiled); 2 tsp Rose Petals dried

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About Kesar Phirni

The scrumptious blend of Milk and Rice, with a dash of sugar, flavored with green cardamom powder, drizzled with rose water and laced with saffron, garnished with pistachio nuts and rose petals will add beauty to your dining table and will delight your guest.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time4 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time4 hours hrs 55 minutes mins

Served AsDesserts

Recipe TasteSweet

Calories - 397 kcal

Servings - 4

Ingredients

▢ 1 ¼ liter Milk Full cream
▢ 1/4 cup Rice soaked
▢ 1 gm Saffron broiled
▢ 30 gm Pistachios
▢ 1/2 cup Sugar or as required
▢ ½ tsp Cardamom powder
▢ ½ tbsp Rose water

For the garnish:

▢ 15 gm Pistachio slivered
▢ 1/2 gm Saffron broiled
▢ 2 tsp Rose Petals dried

Instructions

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Pick, wash and soak rice for 1 ½ hours.
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Boil milk in a heavy bottomed pan and set aside. Drain and grind the rice coarsely.
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Broil saffron and set aside. Blanch pistachios, peel and cut into slivers.
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Add the coarsely ground rice paste to the milk and cook stirring continuously so that there are no lumps and it does not burn or stick to the bottom of the pan.
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Add Sugar and mix. Add green cardamom powder, saffron and mix. Add rose water. When the mixtures starts thickening take it off the flame.
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Pour into soaked Kasoras / earthenware pots and keep them in the refrigerator to chill for 1 to 1 ½ hours.
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Served chilled garnished with slivered pistachio nuts, saffron and dried rose petals.

Recipe Notes

About the Author: This recipe has been shared by Chef Reetu Uday Kugaji who believes that food that she cooks should touch heart and soul of the person and she dedicates all her success to her Angel Mother.

Works as Speciality Chef with Percept Knorigin, Cinecurry, Chefsutra and as a Food Author with Pioneerchef, Theurbanspice, Pinksworth, Tanyamunshi, Mangobunch, Plattershare, Womenplanet.

Website: Chefreetuudaykugaji, Facebook: Food For Thought, Twitter: @chefreetuudayk, Instagram: @chefreetuudaykugaji

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3 Comments

Ketika Ketu

April 24, 2022 / 11:06 am Log in to Reply

Yum! This recipe is a must-try.
Himanshu Agarwal

February 10, 2022 / 3:14 pm Log in to Reply

Such a tempting dish! Thank you.
viren thakur

August 23, 2015 / 2:03 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so yummy! Excited to make it.