Phaldari Phirni

Name: Phaldari Phirni
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mughlai (Delhi & Lahore)
Ingredients: 1 l milk; 0.5 tsp green cardamoms; 150 g rice; 150 g water; 100 g sugar; 2 tsp saffron; 3 strawberries; 1 strawberry

Rice, strawberries and strawberry come together in this South Asian dessert, flavoured with cardamom and saffron and simmered on the stove.

1 hr · Serves 4 · Easy

Ingredients

1 lmilk
0.5 tspgreen cardamoms, powdered
150 grice, mixed with water below into 1 cup paste
150 gwater
100 gsugar
2 tspsaffron, dissolved in water
3–4 strawberries, chopped into small pieces
1 strawberry, chopped in the shape of a fan,to garnish

Method

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Time: Prep 20 min · Cook 40 min · 60 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Firstly, prepare the rice paste in a mixie by grinding together 150gms rice and 150 gms. Water.
2
Keep aside. Bring milk to a boil. Add powdered green cardamom and stir well. Add rice paste, sugar and saffron that has been dissolved in water.
3
Stir well. Cook till the sugar is dissolved and the rice is cooked. Pass through a sieve into another bowl.
4
Mix well and cool. Keep aside. Put the chopped strawberries in a bowl (traditionally, in India, earthen"sakoras" are used).
5
Pour the above prepared phirni over these. Chill the phirni in order to allow it to set. Chop a strawberry in the shape of a fan and garnish the chilled and set phirni with this. Serve chilled.