Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, matka kulfi recipe | malai kulfi recipe | matka kesar pista kulfi is a vegetarian Indian dessert made with milk, cream / malai, and milk powder in about 40 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: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 3 cup milk (full cream)
- 1 cup cream / malai
- 2 tbsp milk powder
- 2 tbsp almonds / badam (chopped)
- ¼ tsp kesar / saffron
- 2 tbsp pistachios (chopped)
- 2 tbsp cashew / kaju (chopped)
- ¼ cup sugar
Method
- firstly, in a kadai heat 3 cup milk and 1 cup cream.
- also, add 2 tbsp milk powder. alternatively, add khoya / khova / mava for rich flavour.
- stir continuously, making sure everything is combined well without any lumps.
- get the milk to a boil stirring occasionally.
- add 2 tbsp almonds, 2 tbsp pistachios, 2 tbsp cashew and ¼ tsp kesar.
- boil the milk for 10 minutes or more stirring occasionally.
- keep boiling till the milk reduces to half or thickens.
- add ¼ cup sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves.
- boil for another 5 minutes, or till milk thickens.
- cool the mixture and transfer to a small matka or cups.
- cover the matka with cling wrap or aluminium foil and freeze for 8 hours.
- finally, garnish matka malai kulfi with chopped nuts and serve chilled.
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.
