Brown Rice Phirni

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp brown rice
• 4-5 cup milk
• 3 tbsp or to taste sugar (jaggery can be used)
• 9-10 saffron threads soaked in milk
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 7-8 almonds, cashews and pistachios (chopped)
• 1 tbsp raisins

Steps

1. After washing the brown rice, soak it for 2-3hours. Drain away the water, then grind the rice coarsely; it must not become a thin paste.
2. Chop the dry fruits into small pieces, and put the saffron threads in some warm milk to soak.
3. Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy-bottomed pan. Add the ground brown rice once it boils, then cook over low heat, stirring continuously to keep the mixture free of lumps.
4. Continue cooking until the rice is completely cooked.
5. Stir in the saffron milk, sugar and some chopped nuts. Keep cooking until the mixture thickens, then mix in the cardamom powder well.
6. Turn off the heat and leave the phirni to cool.
7. Finish with chopped dry fruits as a garnish, and serve as you prefer.