TRICOLOURED PHIRNI

Phirni is adelicious, creamy dessert prepare with rice powder combined with milk, cream, 

sugar and few saffron strands. This is a common preparation in Punjabi households and 

served in  earthenware bowls called "Shikoras".

For this wonderful occasion of our 67^th Republic day I have preapared Tricoloured phirni Resembling saffron, white and green colour of our National flag.Carrot halwa for saffron, rice powder white chocolate phirni for white colour and green peas phirni for green colour.

Feel free to comment your suggestions after trying out this recipe.

 INGREDIENTS

Grated Carrots grated                                                              -2 cups

Blanched Green peas                                                                  -1/4 cup

Rice powder                                                                                    - 2 tablespoons

Ghee                                                                                                   - 2 tablespoons

 Milk                                                                                                     -1/2 cup + 4 tablespoons

Powdered sugar                                                                              -1/2 cup

(powder the sugar finely adding ½ tbsp of corn flour)

cardamom powder                                                                       - 1/2 teaspoon

White chocolate chopped                                                          -4 tablespoons

Blanched  and chopped almonds                                          - few to garnish

  Saffron strands                                                                           - few

METHOD TO MAKE WHITE CHOCOLATE PHIRNI

Combine rice powder and ½ cup milk in a bowl.

To make white chocolate phirni, heat milk-rice powder mixture in a  non-stick pan. Cook till it thickens.

Add 2 tbsps powdered sugar, one third of cardamom powder to the above mixture  and mix well.

 Add  2 tablespoons of white chocolate and mix well. Cook ona Simmer flame for  few minutes and remove from fire.

Our white chocolate phirni is ready .

METHOD TO MAKE CARROT HALWA

Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a non-stick pan, add grated carrots and cook for ten minutes.

After ten minutes add ¼ cup of powdered sugar and cook till the sugar melts.

Add two tablespoons of milk and mix well.

Add one ladle of white chocolate phirni  and a pinch of cardamom powder to the halwa and mix well.

Cook on a sim flame for few minutes and remove from flame.

Carrot halwa is ready.

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METHOD TO MAKE GREEN PEAS PHIRNI

To make green phirni, heat remaining ghee in another non-stick pan

Grind blanched green peas with 3 tbsps water to a smooth puree. Add this puree to a non sick pan and mix well. Cook for five to ten minutes.

Add two tablespoons of milk and two tablespoons of powdered sugar to the above mixture and mix well.

 Add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and 2 tablespoons white chocolate and mix well and remove from fire.

Our green phirni is ready.

Pour a portion of green peas phirni in individual cups or glasses, sprinkle few almonds. Add a portion of white chocolate phirni, add few badams. Top it with a portion of carrot halwa, sprinkle some more chopped almonds.

Our tricoloured  phirni is ready to serve.