It's been a really long time since I prepared any sweet at home and with the birth of the new year, I wanted to start with something sweet......so here goes my recipe for Basundhi.......This was indeed a time consuming process but at the end was worth all the effort bcos my hubby dear loved it thoroughly and even said it tasted absolutely like Adyar Ananda Bhavan's basundhi:)
Ingredients:
Milk-1 litre
Sugar- 1cup
cardamom powder-1 tsp
Saffron(optional)- I didn't have any saffron so I skipped it
Pistachios- chopped- 1 tbsp (for garnishing)
Bring milk to a rolling boil in a wide non stick pan. Then turn down the heat to medium flame and slowly cook the milk by constantly stirring it. The milk has to reduce to half of the original quantity. This can take about 45mins- 1 hr. Do not cook in high flame as milk will stick to the pan and get brown. At this stage add the sugar and keep cooking in slow/medium flame until the milk gets really thick. Now add the cardamom powder and mix well and turn off the heat. Garnish with chopped pistachios. Refrigerate and serve chill.
3 comments:
basundhi is my fav. looks perfect.
you can buy any brand. as long as it says- instant oats, it is fine. i used kirkland brand. u can also use quaker. brown sugar is not jaggery. i used turbinado sugar because that's what I generally use for coffee, tea and everything. turbinado sugar or demerara sugar is supposed to be healthier than white sugar. so i use either of them. brown sugar is different from these two. it is somewhat moist and powedery. u can use any of them-brown sugar, turbinado sugar or demerara sugar.
don't use white sugar.
Hi ya
This is my first time here.
Lovely basundi! jus apt dessert to start the new yr with.
Happy blogging! happy cooking!
Basundhi looks fantastic and definitely worth the time, the color is perfect....Happy New Year to you and your family, have a wonderful 2009 :-)
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