Recipe of Phirni for kids this Independence Day

Name of the recipe-  Phirni

Ingredients-  ½ cup rice, 1 cup sugar, 1 liter milk, green cardamom powder, rose petals, mixed chopped dry fruits – almonds, pistachios, raisins, a pinch of saffron

Prep Method:

For Rice:

 Take ½ cup of rice, soak, wash, drain on tissue and then dry roast the rice lightly till

the rice is completely dry. Cool and keep aside. Then Half grind till it to rawa consistency

For Garnish:

Blanched, peeled and chopped almonds, pistachios, raisins, edible silver foil

Cooking Instructions:

(1)  Take a heavy bottom vessel and heat milk in it and get it to a boil.

(2)  Add the prepped rice rawa and cook with milk, add sugar, green cardamom powder and cook well. Keep stirring till the mixture thickens

(3)  Add half of the chopped mixed dry fruits to the mixture and keep stirring.

(4) Switch off gas and plate the mixture into earthen pots.

(5)  Garnish with dry rose petals, chopped almonds, raisins and silver foil

(6)  Refrigerate for few hours

(7) Serve cold.A little about Chef Pallavi Nigam Sahay:

Chef Pallavi is the author of a well known book- "The Bhojpuri Kitchen", which celebrates the region's age-old favorite recipes.  Not stopping on her 1 book, she is currently working on her second book. Chef was also seen on a TV show Amma Superstar which was aired on channel Living Foodz. She has been featured in Kissan Tiffin Time Table on India Food Network's YouTube channel. She has also worked with industry's kitchen star Sanjeev Kappor's YouTube channel. She has lived in Muskat for a certain period during which she worked as a food columnist for the Times Of Oman while also being featured on their YouTube channel.