Basundi

 

This is a milk based sweet that is our family favourite. Recently I wanted to have it but found that the usual shops from where we used to buy have stopped making. Checked the internet for recipe and found that it is not tough to make at home, and that is what we did!

Ingredients

½ litre milk

1 ½ cups mava (solidified milk, that is prepared by keeping milk on low fire, stirring continuously till it becomes solid)

2 tbsps sugar

A few strands of saffron soaked in 1 tsp water for 10 minutes

¼ tsp cardamom powder

10 badams (almonds) slivered to garnish

Instruction

-          Break the mava into small particles with fingers and mix it into the milk

-          Keep this milk mava mixture in a thick bottomed pan on fire. When it boils, reduce flame and keep stirring to avoid it sticking to the bottom

-          When the mixture becomes thick, add the sugar (this makes it thinner now) and keep stirring

-          Add the cardamom powder and the saffron strands along with the water, mix well

-          Wait till the desired consistency is achieved, keeping in mind that it will become thicker on refrigeration

-          Remove from fire, allow to cool and refrigerate before serving

-          Serve with the badam slivers spread on the top.