These two simple and unique recipes can be served as desserts and/or side dish in any occasions or parties at home.

Fruit and Custard Kheer

Ingredients:

• Soaked Basmati rice: 1 cup
• Red grapes, Apple diced, Bananas: 1 cup
• Vanilla Custard Powder: 1 Tbsp
• Purabi Milk: 1 Liter
• Butter: 1 cube
• Saffron: a pinch
• Sugar: 3/4 cups

Method

• Heat a pan and boil milk. Add the rice.
• Make a mix of milk and custard powder in a pan.
• Prepare the fruits and dice them. Discard seeds and peels.
• Heat butter and add the fruits and half of the sugar and cook till the fruits become tender
• Pour the custard powder to the kheer and add the remaining amount of sugar.
• Now add the softened fruits, stir and remove from the flame.
• Serve chilled with fresh fruit slices on top.

PHIRNI

Ingredients

• Rice soaked: 1 Cup
• Purabi Milk: 1 litre
• Saffron (kesar): a pinch
• Sugar: 3/4 cup
• Green cardamom powder: 1/2 teaspoon
• Pistachios and almond (optional):  blanched, peeled and sliced 10-15

Method

• Drain and grind the rice to a coarse paste and set aside.
• Bring milk to a boil and add rice paste dissolved in a little water or cold milk.
• Cook till rice is completely cooked, stirring constantly. Add saffron and mix well.
• Add sugar and cardamom powder and cook till sugar is completely dissolved.
• Pour into earthenware or china bowls and garnish with pistachios.
• Chill in a refrigerator for an hour before serving.