Basundi ( Creamy Milk Pudding With Dried Fruit)

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 liters fresh whole milk
• 200 g sugar
• 200 g nestle sweetened condensed milk
• 8 -10 pieces of finely chopped almonds or 8 -10 pieces pistachios or 8 -10 pieces cashews or 8 -10 pieces raisins
• 2 teaspoons cardamom powder
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron, soaked in
• 2 tablespoons warm milk

Recipe

• 1 on low flame, heat the milk in a thick bottomed deep pot.
• 2 heat till a thin film of 'malai' appears on the milk.
• 3 roll the malai with a spoon.
• 4 place it on the inner edge of the pot.
• 5 repeat this until the milk reduces to a quarter of its original volume.
• 6 fold in sugar and condensed milk.
• 7 now, use a knife or a sharp spoon and scrub the malai which was stuck to the edge of the pot.
• 8 mix well.
• 9 fold in dry fruits of your choice, cardamom powder and the saffron-milk mixture.
• 10 garnish with a few strands of saffron.
• 11 refrigerate and serve chilled if you like or serve hot. the choice is yours!