Almond Kulfi
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
 
Ingredients
  • • Almond Milk – 1.5 cups and Full Fat milk – 1 cup or Almond Milk (If vegan)
  • • • Sugar - ½ cup
  • • • Rice flour - 1 tsp
  • • • Almond/Badam - 20 nos,
  • • • Almond/badam - 6 nos, crushed
  • • • Cardamom powder - ½ tsp
  • • Cinnamon powder – a pinch
  • • • Saffron - 4 strands
  • • Rose water – 1 tsp
  • • • Pistachio - 2 tsp , crushed coarsely
Instructions
  1. Boil water, add 20 almonds to it. Boil for 2 minutes. Cool and peel it after 2 minutes. Blend it to a smooth paste and Keep it aside.
  2. Heat the milk (both almond milk & milk and just almond milk) to a boil with saffron strands and then simmer for 25 - 35 minutes till thickens.
  3. When it thickens, add the blended almond and heat for 2- 4 minutes.
  4. Add crushed almond, pistachio, sugar, cardamom powder, cinnamon powder and heat for two minutes.
  5. Dissolve 1 tsp of rice flour in 2 tsp of water. Add that in the mixture. It helps in thickening.
  6. When you think, it is totally thick and it is not liquid, switch off and cools completely.
  7. When it is cooled completely, now blend it once more. This gives a perfect creamy texture.
  8. Keep it in refrigerator for an hour; this will help to not form ice crystals.
  9. Set in any containers you want, cover and freeze it. But traditionally kulfis are served in this special mould where the ice-cream is set.
  10. Pour the ice-cream into individual kulfi mould and freeze till set. (for 6- 8 hrs)
  11. Unmold the kulfi by placing it under running water for few seconds. Remove on a plate, slice the kulfi, garnish with pistachios and serve immediately.
Notes
1. You can place an ice-cream stick in the center of it when the ice-cream is half set. Half frozen cream will help the stick to hold it in place. Refrigerate again till completely set.
2. I used almond milk, you can use full fat milk instead.
3. If you don’t have the mould i have, you can use Popsicle mould if not you can use disposable plastic cups. Or even thick paper cups
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/almond-kulfi/