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Punjab · Dessert

Phirni

Traditional 40. Phirni recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 60g basmati rice
• 1 liter whole milk
• 120g sugar (adjust to taste)
• 12 blanched almonds, sliced
• 12 blanched pistachios, chopped
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 12-15 saffron strands
• 10ml rose water
• ghee (optional, for richness)

👩‍🍳 How to make Phirni

1. Soak rice (30 mins): Wash rice, soak in water for 30 minutes (visual cue: rice becomes slightly translucent, soft).
2. Grind rice (3 mins): Drain rice, grind into fine paste with 60ml milk using grinder or mortar-pestle (visual cue: smooth, white paste, no grains).
3. Boil milk (2 mins, high heat): Pour remaining milk into heavy-bottom pot, bring to rolling boil (visual cue: foam rises, steam visible).
4. Add rice paste (1 min, low heat): Slowly add ground rice paste to boiling milk while stirring constantly to avoid lumps (visual cue: milk becomes slightly cloudy, white colored).
5. Add sugar (2 mins, low heat): Mix in sugar, continue cooking for 2 minutes (visual cue: sweetness develops, mixture thickens slightly).
6. Add flavoring (1 min, low heat): Add cardamom powder, saffron strands, and rose water. Stir thoroughly.

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