Coconut Burfi
Ingredients • Khoya – 200 gms • Coconut (dry and desiccated) – 200 gms • Cardamom powder – 1 tbsp • Clarified butter or ghee – 1 tbsp • Sugar – 3 cups • Water – 2 cups • Almonds (grated) – ½ tbsp • Pistachios (grated) – ½ tbsp • Milk – 1 ½ cup • A few strands of saffron Preparation For Sugar syrup: 1....
Ras Malai
Ingredients • Milk – 1.5 liters • White vinegar 2 tsp /1 tsp lemon juice /1 tsp citric acid crystals • Sugar – 4 tsp • Green cardamoms, powdered and skins discarded – 4 • Powdered cashews – 2 tsp • Corn flour – 1 tsp • Saffron strands(Kesar) – ½ tsp • Mix Dry fruits chopped – 2 tbsp For the syrup: • Water – 1.5 cups • Sugar...
Shrikhand Popsicles
Shrikhand is a classic dessert of Western India. Plain yogurt is transformed into an aromatic delicacy flavored with saffron and cardamom. With this Popsicle recipe you can change the flavor to whatever you want (Mango or Strawberry for example). Ingredients • 4 cups of yogurt • ¾ cup of sugar as needed • Few strands of saffron • 1 tablespoon warm milk (instead of milk and saffron I just used a pinch of turmeric) • About ¼ teaspoon...
Creamy, Saffron-infused Condensed Yogurt Dessert
Ingredients • Whole-milk yogurt – 1 kg • Ground saffron threads – ¼ tsp • Ground cardamom – ¼ tsp • Rosewater – 1 tbsp • Blanched raw slivered pistachio nuts – 2 tbsp • Powdered sugar – ½ cup Preparation 1. Drape a triple thickness of cheesecloth in a colander. 2. Spoon in the yogurt, gather up the...
Stuffed Desert Grapes
Large black grapes and cheese are made for each other, both for taste and appearance. In this version, pepper and saffron bring warmth to the cheese. While living in South Cornwall with acres of garden and orchard at my disposal, I sweetened the cheese with fresh mashed figs, crushed and drained raspberries and wild dewberries. In New York, I love to use strawberry farmers cheese from Ben’s Cheese Shop. As finger foods for...