Recipe - Firni - Rice Pudding

One half ga Whole milk
6 ounce Evaporated milk
One half cup Rice
6 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground cardamom
4 5 almonds or pistachio's
grated

Soak rice in water for four to five hours, if possible overnight. Drain
rice and put in coffee grinder (if necessary in batches). Add enough water
to make a thick paste. Bring milk to boil milk in a heavy pot. Add
cardamom. Reduce heat to low and continue heating while stirring
continuously. When milk starts to thicken, add sugar, rice and evaporated
milk and stir for another 5 minutes. Pour into separate dishes or glasses
and sprinkle with almonds/pistachios. Serve hot or after it has been
refrigerated for at least an hour.

From: Sanjiv Singh This is my second most favorite dessert. It is an
uncommon concoction from the Hyderabadi style of cooking. I remember it
being served in small clay pots that held individual servings. This recipe
comes from my mother.

Busted and entered for you by: Bill Webster
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #889 by Bill Webster thelma@pipeline.com on
Nov 08, 1997