I am sharing the recipe of Phirni with vanilla flavor. Phirni is a rich, creamy dessert with dry fruits. Phirni tastes best when served chilled in a clay pot or container. The festival season has already begun and I am sure the preparation, shopping, cooking has already started. The best things about these festivals are lots of good food, family time together and a break from our busy schedule. In our culture, festivals are majorly associated with food, sweets, savory snacks especially for Diwali. I am always more excited for the Diwali festival because of the beautiful lights, decorative Rangolis, few crackers (of course), and sweets.
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Traditional Indian sweets are hands down the best, but here I tried to give some twist to the Phirni recipe. In order, that there can be something new on the Diwali special menu. So, this time I gave a slight twist to this rice-based creamy pudding Phirni by giving it a mild flavor of vanilla and cranberries. For the vanilla flavor, I used Demerara Sugar infused with Real Madagascar Vanilla. It is a different kind of sugar with natural, caramel-like flavor of the rich golden Demerara sugar crystals. Not only does it gives an amazing flavor, but nice color and also a pleasant vanilla aroma to the dish. SPRIG’s vanilla sugar is best for sprinkling on cookies or also for giving vanilla flavor to cakes, beverages or baked items.
I also used a pinch of freshly ground cardamom powder made from SPRIG’s green cardamom from Kerala. This is one of the best aromatic cardamoms that I have used. The aroma of cardamom remains in your hand, even by just holding it in your hand for a minute. I have used dried cranberries, it is optional you can add any berries or dry fruits of your choice.
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Vanilla Phirni Recipe or Rice pudding with Vanilla Flavor
Ingredients
- 1 liter milk
- 1/4 Cup Basmati Rice
- 4-5 Tsp Demerara Sugar infused with Vanilla
- 3-4 Tsp Sugar
- 1/4 Teaspoon Freshly ground Sprig's Green Cardamom Powder
Instructions
- Soak Rice for 1/2 to 1 hour.
- Heat the milk in a pan till it boiles for 4-5 minutes
- Add coarsely grinded rice in the milk and cook for another 5 minutes on low flame.
- Keep stirring from bottom and the sides so that no lumps are formed and rice doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
- When the milk begins to thicken add sugar and Sprig's Demerara sugar infused with vanilla
- Cook for another few minutes and till it thickens and reaches a creamy consistency.
- Adjust the sugar as per taste
- Add freshly ground SPRIG's green cardamom powder and turn off the gas.
- Pour it in desired serving bowls. I have used clay pots and allow it to chill in refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
- Keep outside the refrigerator for 15 minutes before serving and Enjoy!