Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Mango Shrikhand is a Indian dessert made with whole milk Greek yogurt, mango puree, and powdered sugar in about 250 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 250 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 pound whole milk Greek yogurt (plain, 16 oz)
  • 1.5 cups mango puree (from 2 large sweet mangoes (puree their pulp in a blender), preferably use Indian mangoes like Kesar, Alphonso)
  • 6-7 tablespoons powdered sugar (also known as confectioners sugar, adjust to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • saffron strands (to garnish, optional)

Method

  1. Place a strainer over a large bowl. Then place a muslin cloth on top of the strainer. Transfer the Greek yogurt to the strainer. Bring the edges of the muslin cloth together and tie into a knot.
  2. Place some heavy object on top, I placed a mortar. Leave for 3 to 4 hours for the yogurt to strain. You can keep this bowl inside the fridge if it's very hot where you live, I just leave at room temperature. If using regular yogurt, you would follow the same steps but leave the bowl inside the refrigerator overnight.
  3. After 4 hours, the yogurt will be super thick and completely strained. Transfer the yogurt to another bowl and using a whisk or hand blender/stand mixer, whisk until the yogurt is smooth and creamy.
  4. To that, now add mango puree (which I made from 2 large sweet mangoes by just blending their pulp in a blender), powdered sugar and cardamom powder.
  5. Mix until everything is well combined. You can also add few saffron strands (dissolved in 1-2 teaspoons warm milk) at this point. Chill the shrikhand for 1 to 2 hours before serving. You can also garnish it with some nuts and saffron strands before serving.

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.