Two in one Phirni (Sugar Free )

Ingredients

• Skimmed milk 5 cups (1 litre)
• Rice 1/3 cup (60 g), soaked in hot water for 30 minutes
• Chhoti elaichi, seeds only, crushed 6
• Artificial Sweetener ¾ cup
• Pista, blanched and ground to a paste 2 tbsp (40 g)
• Greeen color to taste
• Rose Essence ¼ tsp
• Almonds, blanched and shredded 10
• Vark (silver leaf) to garnish (optional)

Preparation

• Place the rice in a blender, with a little bit of the milk and blend fine.

• Bring the milk to a boil, in a heavy- bottomed sauce pan. Add the ground rice and bring to a boil again.

• Lower the heat and simmer, stirring all the time, till the whole thing becomes one well blended mass. Takes about 20-25 mins (to test, you can drop a spoon full, let it cool and check to see if it sets ).

• Shut off the heat, and add the cardamom and sweetener.

• Divide the phirni into two and add the pista paste to one portion and the rose essence to the other half.

• Pour the white phirni into the serving bowl and refrigerate to set (you can keep the dish in the freezer compartment for a short while to hasten the setting of it), leaving the other half at room temperature

• When the white portion is set, pour the green portion over it, cover with the vark, garnish with the almonds and leave refrigerated to set. Serve chilled.