Gulabi Kalakand

Name: Gulabi Kalakand
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: as required
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 litre full cream milk; 3-4 rose Essence drops; as needed Rose syrup; handful Chopped pistachios; 1/2 tsp elaichi( cardamom) powder; pinch Kesar/ saffron

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

It's a unique recipe which is something different from the regular Kalakand. Kalakand is an Indian form of cheesecake made from sweetened milk with chopped nuts and, sometimes, saffron and edible silver foil. So lets check out the recipe...

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

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Ingredients

1 hour

as required

1 litrefull cream milk
3-4rose Essence drops
as neededRose syrup
handfulChopped pistachios
1/2 tsp elaichi( cardamom) powder
pinchKesar/ saffron

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Steps

1 hour

1

Take a pan and boil the milk. Boil theilk until it reduces to half. Keep stirring I'm between or else it would get burnt from the bottom.
2

Then add elaichi powder and chopped pistachios & soaked kesar strands and give it a mix.
3

Now add 5 tbsp of rose syrup & few drops of rose essence and mix it well. Adjust the quantity of the rose syrup as per your sweet taste. Mix everything well and boil it till its 1/4th of the total milk used.
4

Cook it more until it dries out and starts getting lumpy, as shown in the image below.
5

Now spread it over a tray by pressing gently. Spread some chopped pistachios and kesar over it. Again give a gentle press so that they gets stuck to the dough.
6

Let it cool down completely then cut them into pieces. Your delicious Gulabi Kalakand is now ready to serve.