Pista kulfi recipe

May 18, 2016
By Mary Anthony
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TRADITIONAL PISTA KULFI

INGREDIENTS

Milk – 1 litre
Cardamom pwdr – ¼ tsp
Sugar – 3 tbsp or as per taste [ add accordingly as we are adding condensed milk also ]
Grounded pista – 3 tbsp [fine or coarse paste ]
Condensed milk – 3 tbsp
Pista green colour – few drops [ optional ]

PREPARATION

Soak a cup of pista in water . Peel of the skin and grind it . [If required add few tsp of milk while grinding ]

Instead of soaking, u can directly grind it into a powder and add.[ I have grounded to a fine paste ,as my kids don’t like nutty texture .

METHOD

Take milk in a broad thick bottom pan.

Heat it on medium flame.

Once it starts boiling , reduce the flame.

A layer of cream will form on the top, take a spatula and move this layer towards the sides of the pan. Again allow the layer to form. [ see the video ]

Each time the layer forms , keep moving this layer to the sides .

Keep stirring the milk in a gap of 4 to 5 mins to avoid burning of milk at the bottom and also to allow the layer to form.

You will also see milk thickening on the sides of the pan , keep scraping it and mix it with the milk.

When the milk reduces to half , add sugar + cardamom pwdr and mix well.

Again simmer the milk for 5 minutes , repeat the process of shifting the layers to the sides.

Simmer it till the milk reduces to little more than ½ , till the mixture becomes thick but of flowing consistency . [ not very thick ]

Off the flame and mix in the grounded pista + food colour + condensed milk and mix well.

**** IMP – if there is lot of creamy bits [malai pieces ] just blend it once for smooth texture .

Allow the mixture to cool. [ atleast keep it out for min 1 hour or 2 hrs to cool so that ice is not formed ]

Take kulfi mould , or any small bowl or popsicle mould or earthern matkis or disposable cups or paper cups.

Grease it a bit with odourless oil . [optional ]

Pour in the mixture cover it .Freeze it till it becomes firm.

Remove from the freezer , dip it in water or hold under running tap for few seconds to unmould swiftly .

Unmould the kulfis , garnish with chopped pista and serve.

You can also make kulfi falooda –Kulfi falooda recipe

NOTES

You can also make paste of pista and add.
Don’t use salted pista.
Traditional kulfi is made from rabri – no cornstarch , no cream, no milkmaid etc.
Same kulfi can be used to make kulfi falooda.
You can also add pista essence.
I greased the moulds with odourless oil .
You can add corn flour or khoya also.
Same recipe for kesar pista recipe , just add saffron dissolved in milk .
You can make any flavour kulfi with same recipe .Sometimes you can add colour and essence.
Sometimes add the pulp or puree of any fruits like mango kulfi etc.
You can also make chocolate kulfi refer here –Chocolate kulfi