Shrikhand

Shrikhand is a simple Maharashtrian dessert prepared with  hung curd. It is also a common sweet in Gujarat and Rajasthan. My Mom would usually make this with different flavors for us during summers. She was used roughly chopped nuts instead of finely sliced ones and we used to totally love the crunchy taste it would give to the shrikhand.

Ingredients:-

• 400 gms yogurt
• ½ cup sugar (powdered)
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• few drops of yellow color
• few roughly chopped nuts (for garnishing)

Method:-

• Tie curd in a clean muslin cloth and hang it overnight to drain the excess water.
• In a bowl, take the leftover curd from the cloth (curd cheese).
• Add sugar, cardemom powder and yellow color.
• Whisk well and keep in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
• Garnish with chopped nuts.
• Serve chilled.  

Notes:-

• You may add ¼ cup fruit pulp of  mango, strawberry, pineapple or apple. And mix it very lightly in the shrikhand for flavored shrikhand.
• Yogurt should be sweet and not sour. If in case your yogurt is a bit sour, adjust the sweetness with extra sugar.
• You may add a pinch of saffron instead of yellow color.

Happy Cooking!!

  

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