Mango phirni |Mango phirni recipe| Mango firni recipe

Mango phirni | Mango phirni recipe | Mango firni recipe

Phirni is a famous North Indian sweet recipe made with rice and milk. There are many variations of phirni. Mango phirni is one of such variation.

Mango phirni is one of the the easy sweet recipe. Here you have to coarsely grind the rice and prepare mango puree. These are the extra steps required for making mango phirni. Rest of the steps are same as we do for rice kheer or rice payasa. While preparing mango phirni, it is better if you use sweet variety of mango.

In this mango season, mango phirni is one of the 'must try recipe'. Combination of milk, rice and mango tastes absolutely delicious. Also, mango phirni is one of my favorite sweet recipe.

Ingredients:

Full cream milk - 500ml

Rice (Preferably, basmati rice)- 50-60 gms

Sugar - 50 gms

Mango puree - 100 gms

Saffron(soaked in milk) - 1tsp

cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Method:

Wash and peel the mangoes. Roughly chop it and add it in to the mixer jar. Grind in to smooth paste.

Rinse the rice for 2 to 3 times.

Spread the rice on a plate or cloth & let it dry.

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After the rice has dried, take it in the mixer jar. Make a coarse powder. It should be like rava/sooji. Keep it aside.

Heat the milk & let it boil. When the milk begins to boil, add rice to it & stir well.

Then add sugar & stir well. Let the rice cook on a low-medium flame. 

Keep on stirring, so that lumps will not form. Add saffron soaked in milk, & cardamom powder. 

 

When the rice gets cooked, milk will thicken. At this time, switch off the stove. Let it cool. 

After it cools down, add mango puree. Mix well and refrigerate the mango phirni.

Serve chilled mango phirni topped with chopped dry fruits like cashews, badam/almond, pistachios or you can also garnish it with chopped mango pieces.