Apricot Shrikhand

Name: Apricot Shrikhand
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms yoghurt; 200 grams dried apricots, pitted; 1/2 tsp lime juice; 1 tsp rose water; pinch salt; pinch saffron; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder; as required chopped pistachios, dried rose petals and cherries to garnish

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#sweettooth - Shrikhand is a traditional Maharashtrian Dessert prepared with hung yoghurt. It is a very easy dessert that can be made in no time if the hung yoghurt is ready. It is usually flavoured with saffron and cardamom powder for the plain version.

Today I tried it with some apricot and it turned out simply yummy. I used low fat yoghurt and flavoured it with rose water along with cardamom powder and saffron. This healthy sugar free dessert is best enjoyed chilled or at room temperature as an after meal dessert or with poori.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

400 gmsyoghurt
200 grams dried apricots, pitted
1/2 tsplime juice
1 tsprose water
pinchsalt
pinchsaffron
1/4 tspcardamom powder
as requiredchopped pistachios, dried rose petals and cherries to garnish

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Steps

1

Pour the yoghurt in a cheese cloth and place on a strainer. Keep this on a bowl in the refrigerator overnight. The thick hung yoghurt is used for the recipe.
2

Soak the apricots overnight in 1 cup water. Then blend into a smooth paste. Heat a pan and simmer the apricot paste, lime juice, pinch of salt, saffron and cardamom powder till reduced and slightly thick. Keep aside to cool.
3

In a bowl, whisk together hung yoghurt and the reduced apricot. Pass it through a sieve to remove the granules.
4

Add the rose water and mix well. Chill before serving the shrikhand in individual bowls, garnished with chopped pistachios, cherries and rose petals.