Mango 🥭🥭 Phirni – The perfect Indian Summer Dessert

Ingredients

• Approx 2 tbsp soaked rice
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 mangoes 🥭 chopped
• 2 cups milk
• For garnish: 👇
• Chopped mango pieces / puree
• Blanched & chopped pistachios

Steps

1. Wash the rice and leave to soak in water for 30 minutes.
2. Grind the rice coarsely with 1 tbsp water; do not turn it into a paste. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
3. Wash the mangoes and soak in water for 2 hours, then peel and puree into a smooth paste.
4. Warm the milk in a non-stick pan. Add the coarsely ground rice and cook with the milk until it comes to a proper boil and the rice cooks in it.
5. Add sugar and let it boil 2 more times. Turn off the flame, transfer the boiled, thickened milk to another bowl, and stir until it reaches room temperature.
6. Once the mixture has cooled sufficiently, mix in the chilled mango puree thoroughly.
7. Chill the phirni thoroughly, then garnish with mango pieces or puree and pistachios.