Phool makhana pudding recipe - Fox nuts dessert recipe

Phool makhana pudding is an Indian dessert made with fox nuts drenched in thick,  sweet vanilla custard milk and garnished with sliced pistachios. This is an easiest and simplest dessert whereas the flavor and thickness is achieved with the vanilla flavored custard powder. The same kheer can be made using nestle condensed milk, but the taste and flavor gets changed with the use of condensed milk.

You can also make semiya type kheer using milk, cardamoms, sugar and phool makhana. Phool makhana itself  is lacking taste, flavor or tang. For the flavor and taste it is entirely depends on other ingredients. It absorbs the taste in whatever it is cooked with. It turns crisp when roasted and shrinks as well as softens when boiled in milk. 

In India, in the northern and western parts of the country, phool makhana is extensively used to make seasoned phool makhana snacks, sabzis and curries. Among the sabzis, the most popular one is phool makhana paneer sabzi, phool makahna  kaju sabzi and  phool makhana mushroom curry.

Phool Makhana Pudding Recipe

Prep time : 10 mins
Cook time : 10 mins
Total time : 20 mins
Recipe type : Dessert
Cuisine : Indian
Yield : Serves 3-4
Author : Vidya Chandrahas

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vanilla flavored custard powder
• 5 cups + 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups broken phool makhana / fox nuts
• 2 tsp ghee /clarified butter
• 5 heaped tbsp sugar
• Few sliced pistachios

Method

1. Take the phool makhana in a large plate.
2. Break or  tear them into small pieces.
3. Heat the ghee in a pan and roast the makhana till crisp. Remove and set aside.
4. In the same pan, add milk and sugar. Mix the sugar with a spoon and bring it to boil. 
5. Add the above prepared custard powder paste and bring it to boil stirring continuously. 
6. Then add the above prepared phool makhana and boil it for 3 -4 minutes or till the phool makhana become soft.  
7. Simmer till you get the thick consistency.
8. Serve phool makhana pudding  hot or chilled.

Phool makhana pudding - step by step pictures

1.  Take the phool makhana in a large plate.

2.  Break or  tear them into small pieces.

3.  Heat the ghee in a pan and roast the makhana till crisp. Remove and set aside.

4.  In the same pan, add milk and sugar.  Mix the sugar with a spoon and bring it to boil. Add the above prepared custard powder paste and bring it to boil stirring continuously. Then add the above prepared phool makhana and boil it for 3 -4 minutes or till the phool makhana become soft.  Simmer till you get the thick consistency.

5.  Serve phool makhana pudding  hot or chilled.