SAEDNEWS: A quick, seasonal pumpkin ferni (pumpkin dessert) that’s easy to make, soothing for sore throats and can be served as a richer dessert with cream or a lighter, restorative ferni without it.
Ferni is one of the delicious, light and tasty desserts that has many benefits, and by adding certain ingredients or fruits we can have fernis in different flavors.
Pumpkin dessert or pumpkin ferni is perfectly suited to this season; ferni on its own is often used for sore throats and to soothe the throat, and steamed pumpkin is a balm for the throat and very suitable for colds and helps strengthen the immune system — therefore pumpkin dessert is a very suitable option for these days.
If you want to use it as a dessert, add cream, but if you want to use it as a ferni and to soothe the throat it is better to omit the cream.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Calories: 380 calories
Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
Pumpkin purée (kadoo halvayi) | 2 cups |
Milk | 3 cups |
Rice flour | 3 tablespoons |
Starch (cornstarch) | 2 tablespoons |
Sugar | 1/2 cup |
Cream | 2 to 3 tablespoons |
Rosewater (golâb) | 1/3 cup |
Ground cardamom | 1/3 teaspoon |
Saffron | As needed |
Mix the starch with cold milk.
When it is dissolved, add the rice flour, sugar, ground cardamom and saffron and put it on the stove and stir.
When it thickens a little, add our ferni’s cream, rosewater and the pumpkin purée that we have previously cooked and mashed, and mix.
When it reaches the firmness you want, turn off the heat and pour into a serving dish, decorate and enjoy.
The consistency of our dessert should be neither too firm nor too loose — roughly like yogurt.
Keep in mind that our ferni firms up a little after cooling.
By omitting the cream this dessert can be made healthier and with lower calories.
The temperament of this dessert is cold.
Pumpkin is low in calories but has numerous benefits and is a source of vitamins K, A, C, B and is rich in antioxidants and minerals such as iron, potassium, copper, fiber, phosphorus and calcium.
From the benefits of pumpkin for the body one can mention: reduced asthma attacks, reduced risk of heart disease, prevention of stomach ulcers, strengthened immune system, eye health, reduced stress and depression, prevention of inflammatory diseases, prevention of prostate cancer, increased hair growth, and…
