Basundi is a traditional Indian dessert famous in Maharashtra, Gujarat and some parts of Karnataka. It is basically a thickened and sweetened dessert prepared using milk, saffron, cardamom. Also, nuts are generously added to this dessert to give it a nice crunch. Whenever we have guests visiting us unannounced at home and there is no other option left for crafting a quick dessert, it always comes to my rescue. Before starting to cook, I put a pot with milk on simmer and by the time I am done with my cooking, my dessert is ready too. If you are in a hurry to serve, just keep it in the freezer for an hour or else refrigerate for a few hours before serving.
And now that the Mango season has officially arrived as well, do try Mango Basundi too. It tastes heavenly with that additional fresh flavor of mangoes.
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Basundi
Basundi
Basundi / Thickened Milk Flavored with Saffron and Cardamom
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Author: Neha
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
Instructions
- Put the milk in a heavy bottom pan.
- Heat till it comes to a boil.
- Take 2 tbsp milk from it in a bowl.
- Add saffron and keep aside.
- Simmer the heat and let the milk thicken for almost 2 hours.
- Keep stirring in between.
- When the milk is reduced to ⅓ rd, add saffron soaked in milk, cardamom powder, sugar and rose water.
- Cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add the slivered nuts.
- Chill nicely before serving.
- Notes
- Keep in mind that basundi with thicken a little more while cooling. So keep the consistency accordingly.
- The consistency of basundi is like that of condensed milk.
- If you like your basundi very creamy and smooth, just blend it in a blender before adding the nuts for a few seconds to give that silky smooth texture.
- Do not blend when the basundi is cold otherwise butter may separate.
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my favorite dessert. we gujju have to put charoli in basundi, chirongi u might call it. love the dry fruits picture.
such an good indian dessert, nicely done with the decoration and must be very delicious. hellosweetdessert.wordpress,com
Simply stunning – Would love to see this submitted at Food Foto Gallery . com so I can share with all my foodie friends 🙂
I TOTALLY LOVE YOUR STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY AND OF COURSE ITS A TASTY DESSERT