Kesar Elaichi Shrikand Recipe

Total Time: 35 minutes

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:

  • pistachios
  • saffron strands
  • milk
  • sugar
  • curd full fat
  • cardamom powder (elaichi)

Instructions:

  • To prepare Kesar Elaichi Shrikhand Recipe, begin with making hung curd
  • Line a strainer with a kitchen cotton towel or a clean muslin cloth
  • Place the strainer over a deep bowl
  • Pour the curd into it and bring edges of muslin cloth and tie on the edge lightly to refrain curd from overflowing
  • Gently press and let the whey water drip
  • Keep it in fridge along with the deep bowl beneath strainer, for 4-5 hours
  • I kept it overnight, so the entire whey water dripped off the hung curd
  • After the specified time, take the hung curd out from the cloth and place it in a bowl with lid and refrigerate it
  • To make Kesar Elaichi Shrikand, take warm milk in bowl and add the saffron strands to it and stir and keep aside
  • Powder 4-5 cardamom in a mortar
  • Take the hung curd in a bowl, and add sugar and cardamom powder and gently stir
  • Then add the saffron dissolved milk to it
  • Using a Hand blender, whip till it is smooth and sugar is dissolved
  • Freeze Kesar Elaichi Shrikand till required and serve it chilled, garnished with pistachio as a dessert or to side with Puri and batata nu shaak recipe for breakfast or lunch