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Shrikand (Strained Yogurt Dessert)
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Posted by:jrt
Dessert popular in Maharashtra (western coastal Indian state). Great for festive holidays (Purim, Hanukkah). For more information, visit www.jewsofindia.com.
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Ingredients
2 pounds 2% yogurt
1 pound fine sugar
1 pinch of saffron
¼ teaspoon orange food coloring
1 cup 2% milk
10 grams (about ½ ounce) pistachios, soaked in water, skinned and sliced thin
10 to 12 cardamom pods, ground
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Directions
- Pour the yogurt onto a thin cloth and tie it tight to make a bundle. Hang it on top of your kitchen sink and leave it overnight for the water to drip.
- Transfer this thick yogurt residue (called chakka) to a bowl, add sugar and mix well.
- Cover and let stand for about one hour until the sugar dissolves in the chakka.
- Press the chakka through a fine sieve into another container.
- Soak the saffron in ¼ cup of milk until the milk turns light orange.
- Add the food coloring to the remaining ¾ cup of the milk and mix well.
- Combine the orange milk, the saffron milk and the chakka and mix well until the chakka turns light yellow.
- Add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder and most of the sliced pistachios and mix thoroughly.
- Garnish with remaining pistachio slices. Serve cool or chilled.
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