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 Firni

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Firni

Dessert
⏱ 40 min
👥 Serves 6
Difficulty ⭐

Milk and cornstarch set with cardamom and rose water — Afghan milk pudding.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Firni is a traditional Afghan milk pudding: milk, cornstarch, and sugar are cooked until thick and scented with cardamom and rose water. It's scattered with chopped pistachios and almonds and eaten chilled. It's often served at Eid, weddings, and other celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Eid morning, small cups of milk pudding are lined up in an Afghan home and handed out to visiting relatives' children.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Dissolve the cornstarch in 200ml of the milk.

  2. Warm the remaining milk and sugar in a pot.

  3. Add the dissolved cornstarch and cook on low for 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until thick.

  4. Turn off the heat and add the cardamom and rose water.

  5. Pour into cups, cool, and chill in the fridge for 2 hours.

  6. Scatter with chopped pistachios and almonds.

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