Rose Phirni

Firni is a North Indian dessert made of ground rice and milk. This has rose flavour and gulkhand added to it, making it a little different. You can make mango and strawberry in a similar manner.

Prep Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 cups milk

• 1 heaped tbsp Raw rice

• 3/4 cup Sugar

• 2 tbsp Cream (optional)

• 2 tbsp Gulkhand

• Rose petals, for garnish

Instructions

1. Wash and soak the rice for an hour

2. Drain the water from the rice and grind the rice coarsely with some milk

3. In a thick saucepan start boiling milk

4. Add the ground rice and cook it

5. Add sugar and cook it further till it thickens

6. Add the cream and the gulkhand and mix well. Switch off the flame.

7. Pour this in individual serving bowls and garnish with rose petals and pistachios

8. Chill this in a refrigerator and serve cold

Notes

• You can make mango, strawberry or plain phirni

• In case of mango phirni, add thick mango puree after the phirni has cooled down, else it will curdle

• For strawberry, you can add strawberry puree after the phirni has cooled down