Phirni is a North Indian dessert, made using rice milk and sugar as a main ingredient. I have posted Mango phirni and plain phirni recipe in Jeyashris kitchen. I recently did a cookery demo for London Sath sangam. It was a super hit show. All the participants enjoyed the recipes. I made this no sugar added Dates phirni, pori vadai, fruit sundal and a rasam recipe. As it is Navaratri season, I want to post this Dates phirni recipe. We are not adding sugar or jaggery in this recipe. The sweetness of the dates is just enough. I tried to replace quinoa with rice but the taste was not nice. I have posted many dessert and sweets recipe in Jeyashris kitchen for Navatri. Also check out
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Dates phirni recipe
Soak dates in hot milk for 15 mins.Puree the dates along with the milk.
Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 15 mins.
Drain the water from rice and make it into a paste. It should in the texture of rava.Soak saffron in 2 tbsp warm milk.
In a heavy-bottomed pan add 3 cups of milk. You can use low-fat milk too.Add the rice paste to this and mix well without any lumps.Now switch on the flame and let this boil in medium flame for 15 minutes.Stir continuously.Ensure it should not stick to the bottom and get burnt.
Once the milk mixture thickens to a porridge consistency, add the saffron soaked milk and cardamom powder.Mix well and switch off.
Once it is cool completely add the dates puree.Mix well evenly.
Transfer to a serving bowl.Garnish with sliced almonds.Serve chilled.
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