Firni - Rice Pudding

Title:
Firni - Rice Pudding

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Pudding,
Rice,
Ethnic




Ingredients:





   1/2 ga Whole milk


     6 oz Evaporated milk


   1/2 c  Rice


     6 tb Sugar


     1 ts Ground cardamom


     4    5 almonds or pistachio's


          -grated






 Soak rice in water for four to five hours, if possible overnight. Drain


 rice and put in coffee grinder (if necessary in batches). Add enough water


 to make a thick paste. Bring milk to boil milk in a heavy pot. Add


 cardamom. Reduce heat to low and continue heating while stirring


 continuously. When milk starts to thicken, add sugar, rice and evaporated


 milk and stir for another 5 minutes. Pour into separate dishes or glasses


 and sprinkle with almonds/pistachios. Serve hot or after it has been


 refrigerated for at least an hour.


 


 From: Sanjiv Singh - This is my second most favorite dessert. It is an


 uncommon concoction from the Hyderabadi style of cooking. I remember it


 being served in small clay pots that held individual servings. This recipe


 comes from my mother.


 


 Busted and entered for you by: Bill Webster


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #889 by Bill Webster 
on


 Nov 08, 1997