Honey almond and Paneer Phirni

Ingredients Almonds: 20gms Water: ½ cup Milk: 3 cups Cottage cheese (paneer) crumbled: 1 cup Honey: 2 tbsp Method Soak the almonds in ½ cup water, microwave on high for 30 seconds and leave them for sometime; skin them and cut into thin slices(slivers) keep aside. Blend the cottage cheese in ½ cup milk into a thick, smooth paste; keep aside. Heat rest of the milk in a heavy bottom saucepan; bring to boil, then add the cottage cheese and milk paste stirring all the time; cook on medium heat until the milk thickens and turns into custard like consistency. Stir in the honey; mix well and remove from heat; transfer to a serving dish, garnish with almonds slivers/silver varkh and serve hot or chill. The Hindu April 14 2009