Mango Phirni

There's only one reason why I love the great Indian summer: Mangoes! 

Phirni is a very popular Indian Dessert and one such delicious sweet pudding which is loved and devoured by anyone.

Mango phirni is a rich dessert made with full cream milk, crushed rice and mango puree. It is a perfect mango delight for our taste buds. It is traditionally serve chilled in individual earthen bowls or mud pots and garnished with nuts.

    RECIPE

Prep time: 1/2 hour
Cook time: 1/2 hour
Total time: 1 hour
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS:

• 1 litre full cream milk
• 4 tbsp basmati rice (50 gms)
• 2 mangoes, pulp
• 1 tbsp cashew paste
• water for soaking
• ¼ cup sugar (100 gms)
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder
• 2 tbsp saffron milk
• few dry fruits, chopped

METHOD:

1. Wash and soak basmati rice for half an hour.
2. Discard the water.
3. In a grinder jar, add soaked rice and 2 tbsp water and grind it into a coarse paste. 
4. Now, in a large pan boil milk.
5. Stir occasionally, and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Keep the flame on low or till milk thickens.
7. Now add in prepared coarse rice paste.
8. Stir continuously for 5 minutes  else, lumps might form.
9. Boil the milk till the rice gets cooked completely.
10. Add mango pulp and mix well. The phirni will get thicken and mango color will be there.
11. Add cardamom powder, cashew paste, sugar and saffron milk and bring it to a boil.
12. Mix well till the milk thickens and turn creamy.
13. Allow the phirni to cool down completely.
14. Serve chilled mango phirni in mud pots garnished with mango and few chopped nuts.