MANGO DESSERT RECIPE - MANGO PHIRNI

Mango phirni is an Indian rice pudding or rice kheer with full cream milk, basmati rice and mangoes as the main ingredients.

Mango phirni is yet another variation of the popular Indian dessert phirni recipe. As this is the best time to share mango recipes, I just thought of incorporating mangoes in various recipes. The creaminess of milk and the texture of mango chunks along with nuts makes this a super dessert. Kheer / payesh/ phirni/ payasam/ fereni is a rice pudding belongs to Indian cuisine which is typically served after a meal or as a dessert.

Though it tastes very similar to mango rice kheer with a pudding consistency, it belongs to a phirni category.  Phirni recipe is a North Indian sweet pudding which is prepared during special occasions or festivals like diwali, holI, eid or Ramadan.

INGREDIENTS (serves 3 )

• Raw rice                   - 1.5 tbsp (basmati or regular rice)
• Milk                          - 2 cups
• Cardamom powder   - a pinch
• Condensed milk        - 4 tbsp or more (can use sugar instead)
• Mango puree             - quarter a cup (Alphonso mango preferred )
• Almonds, pistachios  - few , chopped or sliced
• Mango  ripe               - quarter a cup, chopped
• Garnish with
• Sliced almonds, almond flakes, pistachios sliced and mangoes chopped

PREPARATION

1. Add mango chunks of a ripe mango in a blender and blend it to a smooth paste without adding water. Refrigerate this puree until use.
2. Soak the rice (i used basmati rice) for half an hour. Drain the water completely. Coarse grind it to a paste. Then add 2 tsp of water to this paste and mix well. Set aside.
3. Boil the milk. Once it starts to boil, reduce the flame. Add this rice paste to it, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens like a porridge. To this add condensed milk , cardamom powder and combine very well. Remove from flame. Let it cool. Refrigerate it for 30 minutes or for an hour.
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