Phirni

Ingredients

Basmati rice – 4 tbsp
Milk -1 ltr full cream
Sugar – 6 tbsp
Kesar /saffron – few strands
Rose flavor – 2 drops
Red food color – 1 drop

For The Garnish

A few chopped almonds (badam)
A few chopped pistachio



Steps:

• Soak the rice in water for about 1 hour.
• Dry rice on an absorbent kitchen towel and blend in a mixer to a coarse powder. (Phirni texture depends on how good you grind your rice)
• Add ½ cup of cold milk and mix well to make a paste. Keep aside.
• Boil the rest of the milk and stir in the rice paste.,Cook for about 15 minutes on a slow flame, while stirring continuously.
• Add the sugar and boil on low flame for a few minutes.
• Dry roast the saffron strands in a small pan for 10 seconds. Add 1 tbsp of milk and keep aside
• Take 1/4th of the mixture separately and add rose flavor and food color and mix
• Add the saffron milk to the remaining ¾ the  mixture
• Pour it into container you would like to serve by layers
• I have first poured rose flavored mixture and then the saffron mixture
• Let it cool and refrigerate for 2 hrs before serving .
• Garnish with almonds and pistachios and serve chilled.