Simple Pista Phirni

Ingredients

• 3 cups full fat milk
• 4 tbsp rice
• 4 cardamom pods
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 15-20 pistachios

Steps

1. Soak rice in lukewarm water for 30 mins. If you have time, then you can soak in regular water overnight as well.
2. Once soaked, roughly blitz them in a blender. Make sure to not make a paste. Keep it aside.
3. Boil milk in a pan and then simmer for 2-3 mins.
4. Using a mortar and pestle, crush the cardamom pods.
5. Add cardamom to the milk and let the milk simmer on low flame for 7-8 mins.
6. Remove the husk of the cardamom pod from the milk.
7. Add soaked and blitzed rice to the milk now and mix. Cook for 7-8 mins on low flame.
8. Once the rice is cooked, it'll thicken.
9. Add sugar and cook for another 2-3 mins on low flame.
10. Using a blender, blend pistachios to get a coarse powder.
11. Pour the phirni in earthenware and then garnish generously with ground pistachios.
12. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 mins and serve.