Shrikand

One day all our friends have arranged for a potluck in my home. So one of my friends by name “Nikita” brought this sweet Shrikand, that day I decided to try this sweet. Finally I made it last week end. Before the preparation of this I never felt that it is so easy to have shrikand at home. So without further delay here goes the recipe:

Ingredients:

• Thick yogurt /Curd - 1 box / ½ kg (I used Cost Co –Mountain High yogurt box)
• Sugar – 2 cups (finely powdered) 
• Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
• Few strands saffron – original recipe calls for this (but I don’t have this at my home so I didn’t use them)
• Almond -10 (coarsely crushed) (you can use pistachios also)

Method:

• Tie curd /yogurt in a clean muslin cloth overnight. (6-7 hours) and hang it so that it leaves the excess water completely out side.
• Remove from the cloth and gently press the yogurt to remove any other excess water left out. 
• Put into a bowl and add sugar .Mix it.
• Keep aside for 25-30 minutes to allow sugar to dissolve.
• Rub saffron into 1 tbsp. milk till well broken and dissolved. Keep aside.
• Beat well till sugar has fully dissolved into curd.
• Mix in cardamom powder and dissolved saffron and half almonds.
• Pour the mixture into a glass serving bowl, top with remaining almonds crush.
• Chill for 1-2 hours before serving.

Note: please use a white muslin cloth as I don’t have any I used a red dupatta but it leaved a bit of red colour to my yogurt. Taste doesn’t change.


Sorry for the poor picture quality , i took from a mobile that day.