Name: Pheniyaan recipe by Swathi Joshnaa Sathish at BetterButter
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Readymade pheni 200 grams; full fat milk 1 litre; Palm candies / sugar 120grams.; Cardamom pods 6 . Seeds crushed into powder .; Saffron strands 4; Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon ( optional); Milk 3 tablespoons for soaking saffron and turmeric; Almonds ( skin peeled ) 20; Pistachios ( Deshelled ) 15; Cashews 20. All the 3 nuts chopped . Save few for garnishing .; Dates 15 chopped

ABOUT Pheniyaan RECIPE

A royal , delicious dessert prepared in a jiffy with very less ingredients . Pheniyaan is a traditional Pakistani dessert . This dessert is also common in few parts of India . Pheni is one type of vermicelli that is thin and already fried, round shaped ingredient . Children wouldn’t say No to relish this sweet . I prefer using palm candies to refined sugar for health benefits . It’s purely optional .Adding turmeric to this milk gives an added flavour and taste . It’s again optional .

Ingredients Serving: 4

Readymade pheni 200 grams
full fat milk 1 litre
Palm candies / sugar 120grams.
Cardamom pods 6 . Seeds crushed into powder .
Saffron strands 4
Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon ( optional)
Milk 3 tablespoons for soaking saffron and turmeric
Almonds ( skin peeled ) 20
Pistachios ( Deshelled ) 15
Cashews 20. All the 3 nuts chopped . Save few for garnishing .
Dates 15 chopped

Instructions

In a sauce pan , pour 1 litre milk .
Allow the milk to boil .
Add palm candies / sweetener at the time milk starts boiling .
Crush cardamom seeds into powder . Add freshly prepared powder to the milk for the best aroma .
Keep stirring the milk regularly in between the process , so that the malai doesn’t stick one place
Add the chopped dates .
Now pour the milk in which saffron strands and turmeric powder were soaked . Turmeric is optional .
In a wide bowl , set the pheni flat . Let the milk boil , thicken for 25 minutes under low flame .
The milk has now reduced to half and turned so creamy and flavourful with all the cooked nuts,dates
At this stage switch off the flame .Pour the prepared creamy milk gradually on the arranged pheni.
The pheni absorbs milk and turns soft . Pheniyaan shouldn’t be tight nor runny. Garnish with nuts.
Garnish with dates . Adjust dates as per its sweetness.
Delicious ,quick Pheniyaan is ready to serve . Serve warm or cold as you prefer .

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