Firnee?

[thankful85]

My husband was recently invited to an Afghan friends house and when he came home he was telling me about the pudding that was served for dessert. Firnee? His description : yellow, very smooth and creamy, thick, a little sticky.

Any one have a recipe for me? I emailed the hostess but she hasn't gotten back to me with the recipe yet but I want to make it for him soon.

[*Mahzala*]

Firinee is usually white in colour, but maghoot on the other hand is yellow, and the latter fits the description you make mention of, however, many Afghans do not make maghoot as often. It is a very rare delicacy. Firnee, on the other hand, is relatively easier to prepare.

You will need:
3 cups of fresh milk
1/2 cup diluted corn flour
1 and 1/2 half cup sugar
Silvered almonds, cardomom and pistachio to sprinkle

Method:
1) Heat milk in a saucepan until hot.
2) Meanwhile, dilute your corn flour with water or milk.
3) Once the milk has reached its boiling point, add sugar.
4) Constantly stir the sugar to achieve a thicker consistency.
5) Add corn flour paste while stirring continuously. Use a whisker is necessary.
6) Stir on low heat until thick.
7) Pour into a glass dish and decorate with nuts and cardomom.

The above is the 'mainstream' recipe. You may add yellow food colouring to the boiled milk. To achieve a better taste and fragrance, you may add cardomom and rose water to the milk, after you've added the corn flour. I hope this helps.

[Sitaara]

my sister makes it from starch flour( i think it is call starch flour) and it taste soooooooooooooo GOOD

[IamDZJ]

i like it better when it's made from semolina/suji.

[Sheenka]

you can have yellow cornflour to make firnee

[torkham]

i love cool firnee with the smell of hill and crushed pistachio on top. i wish some one could make it and teleport it to me.

[Sheenka]

i wish i could do that torkham lala

[Master Khan]

my mum makes nice pirnee

[Shamaar]

I love phirnee so much, haven't had it quite a while though.

[Laila]

Firnee .....my my my what would happen to Afghana without firnee

I especially like it cold with plenty of crushed pistachios

[Fatima]

Maghoot isn't smooth though. Or creamy, per se. Also, he would have mentioned the wide array of nuts, so on and so forth.

[Admin Khan]

Is firnee the same as Pereney?

[Sheenka]

admin I think it is, coz some pashtoon say f as p

[Fatima]

Is firnee the same as Pereney?

Lol yes.

[Admin Khan]

Thanks for laughing at me Fatima.

Sheenkay,
I tried doing that. I initially substituted the F for a P, but still in my dialect(Kandahar) we still pronounce it as Pereeni.

Here I was reading 'Pirni' like what in the world is that?

Thanks both of you.