Shahi Phirni or Royal Rice Pudding

Shahi Phirni or Royal Rice Pudding~

It is a Mughal dessert, prepared with rice and milk. Phirni/ Firnee is made with ground rice cooked in milk. This is a very festive sweet made all over South-Asia. Phirni is very similar to Kheer (made with whole rice) but much quicker to make. So let’s make this traditional sweet on tha occasion of Eid-ul-Azha :) :)

Ingredients for shahi phirni or royal rice pudding:

• 2 liters of liquid milk,
• 1 cup of condensed milk,
• ½ cup of basmati rice powder,
• ½ cup of grave gourd-carrot,
• 2 tablespoons of chopped pistachio nuts-raisins & cherry,
• sugar according to taste,
• 250 g of small ricotta cheese ball,
• 1 tablespoon of mawa,
• 250 g of cream,
• 1 teaspoon of rose water,
• 1 tablespoon of clarified butter.

Directions for shahi phirni or royal rice pudding:

1. Boil the gourd-carrots and fry it with the clarified butter and stir it some time and take it out and keep aside.
2. Now cook the milk on a large pan until it is thick and pour the condensed milk, cream, mawa, pistachio, raisin, rice powder & fried gourd-carrots over medium heat and stir it some time.
3. Then pour the sugar and stir it constantly until rice powder is boil & thick, pour small ricotta cheese ball & rose water on the pan, when the rice mixture is boiled & thick and stir it to well to mix.
4. Now take it out and pour the shahi phirni on a serving dish and garnish it with the sprinkle the chopped pistachio, raisins & cherry fruit.
5. Serve the shahi phirni and enjoy :) :)