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Shrikhand (Indian Sweetened Hung Curd)

Name: Shrikhand (Indian Sweetened Hung Curd)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: whole milk yogurt 1000 ml; sugar 150 g; saffron 1 g; cardamom pods 5 g; rose water 20 ml; pistachios, chopped 40 g; cloves 3 g

Hung yogurt strained to a thick cream and sweetened with saffron and cardamom.

40 minutes · 6 servings · Moderate

Shrikhand is what happens when hung yogurt is drained overnight until it is thick enough to hold a spoon upright. It is a festive sweet, eaten plain or folded into purani kachori, and it carries the same saffron and cardamom notes as the rest of Indian mithai. Chilling it well matters as much as draining it, since the texture is the entire point.

Ingredients

whole milk yogurt1000 ml
sugar150 g
saffron1 g
cardamom pods5 g
rose water20 ml
pistachios, chopped40 g
cloves3 g

Directions

1
Line a sieve with muslin; hang the yogurt 4 hours to drain.
2
Steep saffron and cardamom in warm sugar syrup 10 minutes.
3
Whisk the drained hung yogurt with the syrup, rose water and cloves 4 minutes.
4
Chill 2 hours; top with pistachios.

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