Desert Recipe – Kesari Phirni

Cardamom flavored milk pudding

Kesari Phirni

Ingredients:

• Milk (full cream)-1 ltr/ 5cups
• Rice flour (chawal ka atta)- 100 gm/ ½ cup
• Sugar- 1 cup/ 200gm
• Salt a pinch
• Green cardamom – chhoti elaichi powder- 3 gm/ 2/3 tsp
• Rose water(gulab jal)- 4-5 drops
• Pistachios (pista)- 50 gm/ ¼ cup
• Saffron (kesar) dissolved in 10 ml milk)-1 gm/1/4 tsp
• Rose petals -10
• Silver warak-2

Method:

• In a heavy pan , heat half milk and bring to a slow boil.
• Dissolve the rice flour in the remaining cold milk and slowly add to hot milk .Continue to cook over a very low heat , stirring constantly until the mixture becomes thick like a light custard.
• Add sugar and a pinch of salt and cook for 2-3 minutes till the sugar is completely dissolvedcool , add cardamom powder , rose water and mix well.
• Pour in a bowl garnish with saffron and chopped pistachios and put the silver warak on top.
• Chill and serve.