Basundi
Traditional Creamy Basundi with mixed nuts(almonds and pistachios), flavoured with kesar, cardamom and nutmeg.
Equipment
- Heavy bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 1? l Full Fat Milk
- 1-2 tbsp Chironji use as required
- 10-12 Mixed Nuts(Almonds, Pistachios)
- Cane Sugar/Castor Sugar as per taste
- 10-12 Kesar/Saffron Strands optional
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg/Jaiphal Powder
- ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
Instructions
- Take a heavy bottomed pan/kadhai, add milk to it.
- Boil milk b on medium flame. Once milk starts to boil, lower the flame and let it cook.
- Keep on stirring the milk and scrapping the sides.
- Optional- Make saffron milk. Add saffron strands in ¼Cup of milk. Let it stand.
- Once milk starts to reduce and thicken, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, chironji, saffron milk.
- Cook further till milk reduces to half.
- Transfer to serving bowl . Chill for minimum 4-5 hrs.
- Garnish with finely chopped mixed nuts. Serve as preferred.
Notes
Skip Chironji if not available, add coarsely chopped almonds, pistachios or cashew nuts.
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