Carrot and Almond Phirni

Ingredients

• Ambemohor/ Basmati rice 3 tbsp
• carrots 2 to 3 (medium size)
• almonds 6 to 8 (peeled)
• milk 1/2 ltr
• sugar 5 tbsp
• elaichi powder for flavouring
• pure ghee 1 tsp (optional)
• tutti fruitti for garnishing.

Procedure

• Wash rice and soak it in water for 1 hr. 
• Peel the carrots and boil them for few mins.
• Drain the rice, grind it with carrots and almonds by adding little milk. Paste can be slightly coarse.
• Boil milk in a thick bottom based pan.
• Add the ground paste to the boiling milk slowly. Cook it on low flame by stirring continuously as there shouldn’t be any lump formation. 
• After 5 minutes add sugar and ghee.
• Cook till it thickens ( it will take approximately 10-15 mins).
• Add elaichi powder and stir well.
• Serve hot/at room temperature/chilled by garnishing with tutti frutti.

Note
The focussed item is carrot, which is rich source of Vitamin A (good for vision) and it is not liked by kids.
Almond is added just to enrich the dish as it is considered a brain food.
Tutti frutti is used for garnishing as kids have attraction for it. Alternately, pistachios can be used.