easy mishti doi recipe | bengali sweet yoghurt or curd recipe | mitha dahi
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 480 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 510 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: bengali
Ingredients
- 3 cups milk (full cream)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp water
- 2 tsp curd / yogurt / mishti doi
- few dry fruits (chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a thick bottomed nonstick pan heat 3 cups of milk.
- stir occasionally, and get milk to boil.
- further add 2 tbsp of sugar and stir well.
- boil the milk on medium flame till it thickens.
- stir occasionally, till the milk reduces to half.
- meanwhile, in a thick bottomed pan take 2 tbsp brown sugar.
- add in a tsp of water and mix well.
- keeping the flame on medium, stir till the sugar caramelises.
- transfer the caramelised sugar into boiled milk.
- stir well and get the milk to another boil.
- now allow it to cool completely.
- once the milk is cooled and yet slightly warm, transfer into a clay pot or any container.
- add in a tsp of curd and stir well.
- cover and allow it to set in warm place for 8 hours or till it sets completely.
- then refrigerate for 2 hours to get nice creamy texture. also garnish with chopped nuts.
- finally, serve mishti doi chilled garnished with few chopped dry fruits.
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.