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  • Badam Phirni Recipe | Badam Firni | Quick Badam Phirni Recipe

    Badam Phirni Recipe | Badam Firni | Quick Badam Phirni Recipe

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    Phirni is a popular sweet from North India. It is tasty and ideal for any festive occasions. Badam Phirni is rich, tasty and easy to prepare.

    Years back, I learnt to make this recipe and it’s been loved by all at home. Thus, I have never tried making the authentic way. May be, the next time I will try for once and see the difference in the two methods. The traditional method involves soaking of rice and grinding to a paste. Here, I use the ready flour that is available at home. One needs to keep on stirring  as lumps will be formed easily.

    Badam Phirni is a quick dessert recipe ideal to serve for any celebrations or festivities. It is a good way to feed fussy children. Please do note this is not the authentic recipe of making phirni. The authentic recipe requires to soak rice and use the paste.

    badam phirni
    badam phirni

    Ingredients:

    • 1 litre milk
    • 15 almonds
    • 2 tablespoon rice flour
    • 6-8 strands saffron
    • 1/4 cup sugar
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder

    Method:

    1. Put milk in a thick bottom pan and put it to boil on a low flame.
    2. In two tablespoon of warm milk, soak the saffron strands.
    3. Grind the almonds to a fine powder. Put it in the milk.
    4. Add sugar to it. Give a stir.
    5. Now, slowly add the rice flour to it. Keep stirring as lumps are easily formed.
    6. Once it thickens, add cardamom powder and the soaked saffron to it. Give a stir and put it aside.
    7. Serve it chilled.

    Take a tip:

    1. Alternatively, soak two tablespoon of rice in water for half an hour. Grind it to a paste and put it in the milk.
    2. Almonds may be soaked in water but I prefer to use it this way.
    3. A mixture of cashew and almonds may be powdered and used.
    4. Instead of cardamom powder and saffron strands, vanilla flavour may be used.
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    Badam Phirni

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    Badam Phirni is a delicious and easy to make dessert ideal to serve for any occasion.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Chilling 2 hours
    Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
    Course: dinner, lunch
    Cuisine: Indian
    Ingredients Method Notes

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 litre milk
    • 15 almonds
    • 2 tablespoon rice flour
    • 6-8 strands saffron
    • 1/4 cup sugar
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder

    Method
     

    1. Put milk in a thick bottom pan and put it to boil on a low flame.
    2. In two tablespoon of warm milk, soak the saffron strands.
    3. Grind the almonds to a fine powder. Put it in the milk.
    4. Add sugar to it. Give a stir.
    5. Now, slowly add the rice flour to it. Keep stirring as lumps are easily formed.
    6. Once it thickens, add cardamom powder and the soaked saffron to it. Give a stir and put it aside.
    7. Serve it chilled.

    Notes

    Alternatively, soak two tablespoon of rice in water for half an hour. Grind it to a paste and put it in the milk.
    Almonds may be soaked in water but I prefer to use it this way.
    A mixture of cashew and almonds may be powdered and used.
    Instead of cardamom powder and saffron strands, vanilla flavour may be used.

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    Badam Phirni recipe is a good sweet dish to make for any celebrations. It is tasty, easy to prepare and ready in a few minutes.
    Badam Phirni

     

    The other easy sweet recipes shared  on my blog are carrot halwa, mango sheera, daliya payasam 

    If you ever make this recipe, take a picture and share it by tagging @foodiejayashree on Instagram or @evergreendishes on Facebook. I will be glad to see and share your creation further.
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  • Appi payasa / puri payasa

    Appi payasa / puri payasa

    Appi payasa is one of the popular sweets  prepared in South India. It is simply divine. It is also called as puri payasa. Crispy puris are made, crushed and boiled in milk to make a delectable dessert. 

    With Holi round the corner, one can make this delicious sweet treat. It is not only delicious, I am sure you will be making it over again and again. The other recipe for Holi, which I had posted a couple of days is here.  A few other sweet recipes can be viewed here.

    Appi Payasa, I do not know the relevance of name, is a delicious sweet dish from Udupi region of Karnataka. It is one of the popular sweets made for all major festivals. Making the payasa is a little time consuming but worth the effort. Thin, crisp puris boiled in milk and garnished with nuts makes a delectable sweet dish for any festive occasion. It is often said festivities in India are incomplete without a sweet dish and a kheer along with it.

    Usually, vermicelli payasa, commonly known as shavige payasa is prepared. The next popular sweet is appi payasa. Thin puris are made and boiled in milk, sweetened and garnished with nuts. This is a delicious sweet which you can serve for any function or festivity.

    May the season of festivity bring immense peace and happiness. 

    Let me take you to the recipe now. Pictorial presentation is below.

    Appi payasa

     

     

    Appi payasa / Puri payasa

    Recipe Type: Sweets
    Cuisine: karnataka
    Author: Jayashree
    Prep time:
    Cook time:
    Total time:
    Serves: 5
    A delicious sweet from South India.

    Ingredients

    For the pooris:

    • 1 cup Fine Semolina (Chiroti rawa )  225grams
    • 2 teaspoon Ghee
    • water
    • oil for frying

    For the payasam:

    • 1 litre milk
    • 1/2 cup sugar (100grams)
    • a few cashew nuts
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
    • 4-5 saffron strands

    Method :

    1. Take the semolina in a bowl. Add a teaspoon of ghee and mix it well.
    2. Add water, a little at a time and mix it to a firm dough.
    3. Cover and keep it aside for fifteen to thirty minutes.
    4. Boil milk for some time, it should reduce 3/4 of the quantity. Add a few strands of saffron to it.
    5. Take a small ball of the dough and roll it into a thin puri.
    6. Heat oil in a kadai.
    7. Deep fry the puri to golden colour.
    8. Remove it on a tissue paper.
    9. Repeat the procedure for the rest of the dough. You will be making around seven to eight puris.
    10. Crush the puris to small pieces.
    11. Add them to the boiled milk.
    12. Boil the milk on a low flame for five minutes.
    13. Add sugar and mix well.Boil for two more minutes.  Let the consistency be moderate, neither too thick nor thin. On cooling, it becomes thicker. Remove from flame.
    14. Add cardamom powder.
    15. Roast the cashew pieces in ghee and garnish it.

    Take a tip:

    1. It is essential to keep the dough covered for sometime. Knead it and then roll into puris.
    2. Ghee may be used for frying the puris.
    3. Nuts of your choice may be used.
    Dough is ready
    Dough is ready

    Take semolina in a bowl, add a teaspoon of ghee, mix it well with fingers. Then, add water and make it to a firm dough. Cover it with a thin cloth and keep aside for fifteen minutes.

    boiled milk
    boiled milk

    A litre of milk is boiled for sometime. Boiling for five minutes is sufficient. Saffron is added while boiling.

    balls of the dough
    balls of the dough

    Make small balls of the dough.

    rolled into puri
    rolled into puri

    Roll them into thin puris.

     

    frying of puri
    frying of puri

    Heat oil in a kadai. Deep fry each puri to light  brown colour on both sides.

    crispy puri ready
    crispy puri ready

    The puris are ready.

    broken into pieces
    broken into pieces

    Break them into small pieces. Put them in milk and boil for sometime. Then,add sugar, mix well and boil for another couple of minutes. Finally ,add cardamom powder. Garnish with roasted cashews.

    appi payasa
    appi payasa

    Looks delicious isn’t it ?

    appi payasa
    appi payasa
    appi payasam

    Appi Payasa

    Appi Payasa is a delectable, sweet dish from South India
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    Course: sweets
    Cuisine: South Canara, South Indian
    Ingredients Method Notes

    Ingredients
      

    For the pooris:
    • 1 cup Fine Semolina Chiroti rawa 225grams
    • 2 teaspoon Ghee
    • water
    • oil for frying
    For the payasam:
    • 1 litre milk
    • 1/2 cup sugar 100grams
    • a few cashew nuts
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
    • 4-5 saffron strands

    Method
     

    1. Take the semolina in a bowl. Add a teaspoon of ghee and mix it well.
    2. Add water, a little at a time and mix it to a firm dough.
    3. Cover and keep it aside for fifteen to thirty minutes.
    4. Boil milk for some time, it should reduce 3/4 of the quantity. Add a few strands of saffron to it.
    5. Take a small ball of the dough and roll it into a thin puri.
    6. Heat oil in a kadai.
    7. Deep fry the puri to golden colour.
    8. Remove it on a tissue paper.
    9. Repeat the procedure for the rest of the dough. You will be making around seven to eight puris.
    10. Crush the puris to small pieces.
    11. Add them to the boiled milk.
    12. Boil the milk on a low flame for five minutes.
    13. Add sugar and mix well.Boil for two more minutes.  Let the consistency be moderate, neither too thick nor thin. On cooling, it becomes thicker. Remove from flame.
    14. Add cardamom powder.
    15. Roast the cashew pieces in ghee and garnish it.

    Notes

    It is essential to keep the dough covered for sometime. Knead it and then roll into puris.
    Ghee may be used for frying the puris.
    Nuts of your choice may be used.
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    WISHING ONE AND ALL A HAPPY HOLI !

    If you ever make Appi Payasa in your kitchen, do let me know by tagging @evergreendishes on Facebook or @foodiejayashree on Instagram 

    About the event:

    An old post is updated today i.e. 6/7/25. Sending this to Foodies _Redoing Old Post _154, a fortnightly event. The recipe remains the same but I had to make many changes as the main picture and formatting.

     

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    Appi Payasa
    Appi Payasa is a delectable sweet dish from South India.