Cooking Tips: Today, on August 19, women across the country are celebrating the festival of Hariyali Teej with great pomp. Shankar-Parvati is specially worshiped on this day. Married women observe Nirjala fast for the long life of their husbands. Along with this, they get the boon of unbroken good fortune from Mother Parvati.
On this day, women and unmarried girls perform puja, bhajan-kirtan in their families throughout the night.
To increase the 'sweetness' of this festival, many types of sweet dishes come to the house from the market. Along with this, people also make special types of sweets at home. If you are also celebrating Hariyali Teej today, then you can make something special at home. Everyone's heart will be happy after eating it. This time we will learn to make a kesar phirni recipe in a sweet dish. It is very tasty...
Ingredients for making Kesar Phirni-
Rice - 2 cups
Milk - 1 liter
Pistachios chopped - 1 teaspoon
Cashew pieces - 1 teaspoon
Green cardamom crushed - half teaspoon
Saffron - 20 to 25 strands
Sugar - half cup
Method to make Kesar Phirni-
1. To make Kesar Phirni, first you have to clean the rice. Then wash them and soak them in water for half an hour. After a while remove the water from the rice. Now grind the rice coarsely in the mixer. After this, put milk in a pan and let it heat on medium flame. After the milk starts boiling, put the ground rice in it. Now stir it well and cook.
2. Let the rice cook in the second step and slow down the gas. Now add chopped cashew pieces and sugar as per taste. Keep stirring this phirni continuously till it becomes thick. After boiling for 15 minutes, add saffron strands to it.
3. Now stir the phirni while mixing it well with a big spoon. Let it cook well and turn off the gas. Now finally add crushed cardamom to the saffron phirni. You can also put pistachios on top if you want. Your Tasty Kesar Phirni is ready. Serve it hot. If you want, you can eat it after keeping it in the fridge for an hour.
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