Sunday, January 27, 2013

Shrikhand


It is a very popular Indian dessert made of hung yogurt and sugar. 



Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins (excluding the time to prepare hung yogurt)
Servings: 6 to 7

Ingredients:
Yogurt - 4 cups (I prefer thick, creamy greek yogurt)
Cashew nuts - 8 to 10 chopped
Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp
Jaiphal powder (Nutmeg powder)
Almonds - 5 to 6 chopped
Saffron - 8 to 10 Strands soaked in 2 tbsp of milk
Sugar - 2 cups

Method pf Preparation:
1) Take a clean muslin cloth and take the yogurt in it. 
2) Tie the knot and hang it or keep heavy vessel on top of it to apply some pressure so that all the water falls away from the yogurt. Leave it like this for about 1 hour
3) Add this hung yogurt and sugar in a bowl and mix it well
4) Add saffron dissolved milk, cardamom powder, Jaiphal Powder, some chopped cashew nuts and some chopped almonds and mix well
5) Garnish it wish remaining cashew nuts and almonds

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