Kolkata Style Rice Phirni Recipe

Rice Phirni is an easy to make creamy dessert. You can compare it to a pudding and is an extraordinarily delicious and quick recipe.

Many people love this dessert, even if they are not a fan of sweets. It is similar to rice kheer. The only difference is in the phirni ground where rice is used. Whereas, in rice kheer, we use whole rice and sago too sometimes.

In the Northern region of India, this dessert is a must on every special occasion or festivals like Diwali or Karwa Chauth.

As per tradition, this sweet delicacy is served in small earthen bowls called Shikoras. However, one can use regular glass or steel bowls as well.

It is essential to ground the rice while making phirni. You can add different flavor essence to create different versions of it. Add rose essence to make rose phirni, mango essence for mango phirni, and likewise. Saffron is a popular option to use in it.

You can garnish it with dry fruits or can use food coloring to decorate and make it look more appetizing.

Try out our similar dessert recipes like Shakarkandi (Sweet Potato) Kheer and Meethi Seviyan (Sweet Vermicelli)

Ingredients of Rice Phirni

• Rice Flour - 100 gm
• Milk - 500 ml
• Mawa - 100 gm
• Sugar - as required
• Dry Fruits - to garnish

Steps for Rice Phirni

• Take a deep vessel and pour milk in it.
• Add sugar and rice flour in it. Mix  it.
• Put the vessel on high flame to boil. Keep stirring it continuously or it may burn at the bottom.
• Once the milk gets boiled and starts rising, reduce the flame to lowest. Keep it on the low flame for few more minutes and keep stirring.
• Lastly, add milk solids into it and stir it one final time.
• Garnish it with dry fruits. It is ready to serve.

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