Basundi Recipe | Dry fruit kesar basoondi

Its NAVRATRI FESTIVAL & an apt  time to prepare some Sweets! Hence posting this creamy rich basundi recipe which I had made on my husbands birthday.

Basundi is a rich and delicious dessert of thickened milk, very similar to the north indian rabdi. Almonds and pistachios add crunch to this creamy sweet. Remember to keep scraping the sides of the vessel when cooking, as that will make the basundi thick and impart a real creamy texture.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ltrs full fat milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
2 tsp milk powder soaked in warm milk

 Garnish

 5 almonds (badam) and  5 pistachio slivers
 Few strands of saffron (kesar) strands

Method :

1. Bring the milk to a boil in a broad bottomed non-stick pan.Soak saffron & milk powder  in 2 tea spoons for hot milk  respectively and keep it aside. 

 

2. Reduce the flame and cook on a slow flame till the volume is reduced to half, for approximately 1 hour, while stirring occasionally.

3. Add the sugar,milk powder & saffron and cook on a slow flame for approximately 25 minutes or till the milk thickens like rabdi, stirring continuously and scraping the sides of the pan.

4. Add the cardamom powder ,almond pieces and cook on a slow flame for another 20 minutes.

5. Serve warm or chilled, garnished with pistachio, almond slivers and saffron.