easy kulfi recipe | kesar pista kulfi recipe | kulfi ice cream recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 360 minutes
- Cook time: 45 minutes
- Total time: 405 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1.5 litre milk (full cream)
- ¼ cup cream (optional)
- ¼ cup sugar (adjust to your sweetness)
- 20 pistachios (chopped)
- 2 tbsp saffron milk
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- firstly, in a thick bottomed pan take 1.5 - 2 litres of full cream milk and get to a boil.
- once the milk comes to a boil, add cream and give a good stir.
- furthermore, simmer for 30 minutes and keep stirring in between.
- next, add sugar and give a good mix.
- simmer for 5 minutes or till the milk thickens completely.
- additionally, add chopped pistachios, saffron milk and cardamom powder.
- then give a mix and simmer further more for 5 minutes.
- allow the thickened milk to cool completely. this may take atleast an hour.
- after the milk is cooled completely, transfer them to kulfi moulds or to a plastic glass.
- cover the glass with cling wrap or you can use aluminium foil.
- furthermore, freeze the cup for atleast 5 hours or overnight.
- after 5 hours or more when the kufi is set completely. insert a stick in between the cup.
- then slowly warm up by rubbing in between your hands. you can also dip in warm water.
- gently, remove the kulfi from the glass / mould and garnish with few chopped pistachios.
- finally, serve kulfi immediately.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.