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Phirni

20 minutes

Phirni

Serves Serves 10

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 5 minutes, plus 4 hours’ chilling time

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 litre milk
4 T semolina
3 T cornflour
1 x 385 g can condensed milk
1 x 155 g can dessert cream
1 t ground cardamom
desiccated coconut and ground cardamom, to garnish

Method

1. Whisk together the milk, semolina and cornflour until smooth, then pour into a small saucepan. Place over a medium heat and bring to the boil, whisking continuously until it thickens, then remove from the heat.

2. Add the condensed milk, cream and cardamom to the boiling milk, whisk to combine.

3. Pour the mixture into the desired dish(es) and garnish with desiccated coconut and the cardamom. Allow to cool then chill for at least 4 hours before serving.

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Photograph: Toby Murphy
Production: Khanya Mzongwana

*Note: a previous version of this recipe was incorrectly labelled kheer.

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