Mango Phirni

Only for those who have sweet tooth.

Ingredients :

Basmathi Rice : 1.5 Tbspn
Mango Puree : 200 gms
Sugar : 3 tbspn or as per your taste.
Cashew nuts : few
Cardamom powder : 1/4 tspn
Ghee : 1 tbspn
Milk : 250 ml
Wate : 250 ml
Mango essence : 1/4 tspn (Optional)
Mango : diced or cubed 1/2 cup

Method :

• Soak basmathi rice for 1/2 an hour and blend soaked basmathi rice with little water. 

• Texture of basmathi rice batter can be of your choice. You can blend it to a smooth paste or you can blend it into little rough and went sand like texture.

• Place a kadai on medium flame and add 1 tspn ghee to it.
• Add cashew nuts and saute them until they turn golden brown.

• Now in the same pan add milk and bring it to boil.

• Reduce the flame to low and add cardamom powder and sugar and stir well.

• Now let it boil on simmer for 5 mins. 
• Add basmathi rice batter and stir continuously to avoid lumps

• Add water and keep stirring for 5 mins just to avoid phirni from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• Now add remaining amount of ghee and stir.

• Add mango puree and mix well.

• Let it cook on simmer for 10 mins
• Keep stirring for every 3 mins to avoid phirni to stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Now add diced mango and cashew nuts and mix.

• Let it cook for 3 mins and turn off the flame.
• You can add either milk or water or ghee as per your desired consistency. 

• In case if you want to make sticky phirni, add 300 gms of condensed milk instead of sugar.
• Serve it hot or chill.