Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, paan kulfi recipe | instant paan ice cream | no cook kulfi recipe is a vegetarian Indian dessert made with thickened cream / malai, milkmaid / condensed milk, and dates / khajoor in about 485 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: 480 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 485 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- ¾ cup thickened cream / malai (35% milk fat)
- ½ cup milkmaid / condensed milk
- 2 tbsp dates / khajoor (chopped)
- ½ cup full cream milk
- 3 paan leaf / betel leaf
- 1 tbsp almonds / badam (chopped)
- 1 tbsp pistachios (chopped)
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
- 1 tbsp cashew / kaju (chopped)
- 1 tsp saunf / fennel (crushed)
- 2 drops green food colour (optional)
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl add ¾ cup thickened cream. preferably use 35% milk fat.
- beat or whisk for a minute or till stiff peaks appear.
- further add ½ cup milkmaid and ½ cup full cream milk. add more milkmaid if you prefer it to be more sweet.
- give a mix making sure everything is combined well.
- additionally, add 3 paan leaf chopped finely.
- add 2 tbsp dates, 1 tbsp almonds, 1 tbsp pistachios, 1 tbsp cashew, ¼ tsp cardamom powder, 1 tsp saunf.
- also add 2 drops green food colour.
- mix well making sure everything is combined well.
- transfer the mixture to matka or kulfi mould.
- cover and freeze for 8 hours or till it sets completely.
- finally, serve paan kulfi recipe garnished with few chopped nuts.
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.
