North India

Phirni

Name: Phirni
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Mughlai
Ingredients: 1/4 cup soaked and coarsely ground basmati rice; 1 litre full cream milk; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 tsp cardamom; a few strands saffron; 1 tsp rose water; 1 tbsp slivered pistachios; a few slivered almonds

Ground rice and milk set in clay cups. Kheer's silkier cousin with rose in its pocket.

45 minTime

7 gProtein each

mildSpice

1hPlan ahead. Soak for 1 hour first; the 45 minutes come after.

Clay cups and cold nights2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayGround rice, milk, rose and clay cups.

The original

220kcalsame

7 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

45minutessame

Classic phirni.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Basmati rice¼ cup, soaked and coarsely ground

Milk1 litre, full cream

Sugar½ cup

Cardamom¼ tsp

Saffrona few strands

Rose water1 tsp

Pistachios1 tbsp, slivered

Almondsa few, slivered

Method

4 steps

1Soak the rice for an hour, drain and grind with a little milk to a coarse paste.
2Bring milk to a boil, stir in the rice paste and cook on low, stirring all the time.
3Add sugar, saffron and cardamom and cook 5 minutes more. Turn off and stir in rose water.
4Pour into clay cups or bowls, top with nuts and chill 3 hours.

Serve it like this

Serve in small bowls, warm or chilled as it likes best, with a few chopped nuts on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

North India

Phirni

Ground rice and milk set in clay cups. Kheer's silkier cousin with rose in its pocket.

45 minTime

7 gProtein each

mildSpice

1hPlan ahead. Soak for 1 hour first; the 45 minutes come after.

Clay cups and cold nights2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayGround rice, milk, rose and clay cups.

The original

220kcalsame

7 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

45minutessame

Classic phirni.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Basmati rice¼ cup, soaked and coarsely ground

Milk1 litre, full cream

Sugar½ cup

Cardamom¼ tsp

Saffrona few strands

Rose water1 tsp

Pistachios1 tbsp, slivered

Almondsa few, slivered

Method

4 steps

1Soak the rice for an hour, drain and grind with a little milk to a coarse paste.
2Bring milk to a boil, stir in the rice paste and cook on low, stirring all the time.
3Add sugar, saffron and cardamom and cook 5 minutes more. Turn off and stir in rose water.
4Pour into clay cups or bowls, top with nuts and chill 3 hours.

Serve it like this

Serve in small bowls, warm or chilled as it likes best, with a few chopped nuts on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Phirni

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Phirni

Make it your way

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