Mishti Doi (Bengali Sweet Yoghurt)

 

Ingredients

3 cups of milk (for 2 cups of mishti doi)

2 ½ tbsps sugar (Traditionally palm jaggery is used)

2 tsps of yoghurt culture

A few strands of saffron

6 almonds slivered

Instruction

-          Keep three cups of milk to boil, reduce the flame once it starts boiling. When it boils for about 5 minutes, add the sugar and stir well.

-          Stir in between and let it simmer till it reduces in volume to two cups.

-          Let it cool to lukewarm temperature, pour into two bowls. Add 1 tsp of yoghurt culture into each bowl and stir well.

-          Keep in a warm place for about 12 hours for it to set, put some saffron strands on the top and refrigerate.

-          While serving, add the slivered almonds.