Firni - rice pudding

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ gallon Whole milk
6 ounces Evaporated milk
½ cup Rice
6 tablespoons Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground cardamom
4 5 almonds or pistachio's grated

Directions

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 <thelma@...> on Nov 08, 1997

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