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Milajula Shrikhand (A Multicoloured Curd Based Delicacy)

Type: Cheese, Eggs
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups 711mlMilk
1 teaspoon 5mlCurd - beaten
1 cup 198g / 7ozPowdered sugar
2   Cardamom - powdered
  Few strands saffron - (dissolved in a little warm milk)
2   Rose essence
1   Rose color
1 teaspoon 5mlSliced pistachios
1   Green color
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped mixed dry fruits

Recipe Instructions

Time required: 40 minutes plus setting and draining time

Boil the milk. When slightly cool, add beaten curd. Set curd for 10 to 12 hours. Tie the curd in a muslin cloth and hang for two hours for the water to drain out.

Tie a strong cloth over a pan and add a small quantity of sugar and curd at a time and mix well over the cloth till the mixture is strained through the cloth. Repeat the process till all the curd and sugar is used up. Add cardamom powder and mix well.

Divide the shrikhand in three equal portions. To the first portion, add saffron. Add rose essence and rose colour to the second portion, and the chopped pistachio and green colour to the third portion.

Arrange three different layers of shrikhand one after the other in a tall serving glass, sprinkling the chopped nuts in-between. Serve chilled.

Source:
Femina Magazine

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