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Kalakand or Indian Milk Cake or Burfi
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Kalakand or Indian Milk Cake or Burfi
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Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
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Total Time
50
minutes
mins
Servings
16
Pieces
Ingredients
For Paneer/Chhena
Milk – 2.5 liter
Vinegar or lemon juice – ½ tablespoon or as per required
Water – 1 tablespoon
For Kalakand
Milk – 2.5 liter
Khoya – 200 grams or as per your taste
Green cardamom powder – 1 teaspoon
For garnishing
Pistachio – 1 tablespoon
chopped
Instructions
For Chhena/Paneer
- Boil milk in a deep nonstick saucepan on medium flame.
- When the milk starts boiling, add vinegar and mix well.
- After some time, you will see the milk completely curdles and milk solid would separate from the liquids.
- Set a strainer over a big bowl and pour the curdled milk into the strainer.
- Rinse it under running water to remove the smell of the vinegar/lemon and strain all excess water. Keep aside.
For kalakand
- Boil milk in a deep saucepan on medium heat. Stir and mix well.
When the milk starts boiling, add crumbled chhena and mix well.
Stir the mix for 20 minutes on medium heat
Now add khoya and mix well.
- Stir constantly till the mixture thick and starts leaving the sides of the pan. Sprinkle cardamom powder and mix well.
- Switch off flame and spread onto a greased plate and garnish with pista.
- Cool and cut into squares.