Ramzan recipe: How to make Almond Phirni

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Today, Reshma brings you this super-easy recipe for Phirni

Phirni is a classic Indian dessert and a must-have for festive occasions -- be it Ramzan or Diwali.

As it happens, this creamy dessert is also very easy to make!

Ingredients:

• 1 litre milk
• 1/4 litre cold milk
• 100 gm rice washed, dried in the sun and then powdered.
• 1 cup sugar
• 10 almonds, blanched.
• 5-6 almonds, cut fine
• 5-6 pistachios, chopped
• Few drops of vanilla or kevda essence
• 50 gm mawa

Method:

• Soak 10 almonds in a cup of boiling water. Drain and wash with cold water. Peel the skin and grind with a spoonful of water.
• Boil the 1 litre of milk. Pour enough of the cold milk over the rice powder to make a paste.
• Add the rice paste, almond paste and sugar, to the balance boiling milk and let it cook till the milk thickens.
• Add mawa. Keep stirring.
• Once thickened, take off heat, add essence and stir very well.
• Garnish with the remaining almonds and the chopped pistachios and refrigerate.

Note:

For best results, use basmati rice or else use modak flour that is readily available in the market.

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