3 Ingredient Mawa Kulfi | How to make Khoya Kulfi

With just 3 ingredients, milk, sugar and mawa, you can make these simple creamy, frozen refreshing kulfis.

Kulfi made by just 3 ingredients - milk, sugar and mawa/khoya (dried evaporated milk solid). You can also add dry fruits, cardamom powder in the kulfi which is totally optional.

Cardamom powder imparts a lot of flavour and taste to the Kulfi. It looks extra delicious with crushed dry fruits over the top. This is surely the easiest dessert recipe to try at home.

Khoya or Mawa is dried evaporated milk solid which is used in the Indian dessert. It’s a popular traditional dessert (mithai) in India and other neighbouring countries.

  

The trick is to stir the milk continuously so that no lumps of crumbled mawa or khoya are found while making the Kulfi mixture on lower flame. Also, add sugar in the end and stir it in last few minutes.

From start to finish the preparation of making the Kulfi takes less than 30 minutes. Refrigerate upto 4-5 hours or overnight and enjoy with your family and guests! They will definitely love it.

Well, who doesn’t love kulfis, from kids to adults, everyone does. You can enjoy eating this kulfis from road side vendors with dozen of different flavours, but this was the first time my mom and I tried making it, and guess what, it turns out so delicious that we made it so many times in our home.

How to make Kulfi?

1. In a wide pan, heat 4 cups of milk on lower flame and let it boil, or until it reduces to half.

2. Once milk thickens, add crumbled khoya and keep stirring the milk occasionally, so that no lumps are formed. Keep stirring for about 10-12 minutes on low to medium flame. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and stir it until the sugar is completely dissolved.

3. Next add crushed dry fruits, pumpkin seeds, followed by crushed cardamom pods, mix everything. Keep on stirring for about 2-4 minutes. Switch off the flame.

4. Remove it from the flame and keep it aside. Let the mixture cool for about 10 minutes.

5. Pour the cold liquid mixture into Kulfi moulds.

6. Cover the Kulfi moulds with aluminium foil or plastic lid which comes with it, or you can also insert the ice cream stick, or whatever suits you the best.

7. Refrigerate the Kulfi for atleast 4-5 hours or overnight.

8. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

How to refrigerate the Kulfi mould?

1. You can cover the mold with aluminium foil or plastic lid which comes with it, or you can also insert the ice cream stick, or whatever suits you the best. 

                                              

2. To remove the popsicles, allow it to remain in the room temperature and rub with your hand on outside of the mold until the ends are loose.

3. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

If you enjoy the recipe, do pin this delicious dessert.

3 Ingredients Mawa Kulfi | How to make Khoya Kulfi

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Refrigeration time: 4-5 hours

Serves: 7-8 People

Author: The Food Root

Ingredients:

4 cups full fat whole milk

4-5 tablespoon khoya/mawa (dried evaporated milk solid)

4 tablespoon sugar

Optional -

10-12 crushed pistachios

10-12 crushed almonds

10-12 crushed cashews

2 tablespoon Pumpkin seeds

4 crushed cardamom pods

Method:

1. In a wide pan, heat 4 cups of milk on lower flame and let it boil, or until it reduces to half.

2. Once milk thickens, add crumbled khoya and keep stirring the milk occasionally, so that no lumps are formed.

3. Keep stirring for about 10-12 minutes on low to medium flame.

4. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and stir it until the sugar is completely dissolved.

5. Next add crushed dry fruits, pumpkin seeds, followed by crushed cardamom pods, mix everything. Keep on stirring for about 2-4 minutes. Switch off the flame.

6. Remove it from the flame and keep it aside. Now, let the mixture cool for about 10 minutes.

7. Pour the cold liquid mixture into Kulfi molds.

8. Refrigerate the Kulfi for atleast 4-5 hours or overnight.

9. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

How to refrigerate the Kulfi mould?

1. You can cover the mold with aluminium foil or plastic lid which comes with it, or you can also insert the ice cream stick, or whatever suits you the best.

2. To remove the popsicles, allow it to remain in the room temperature and rub with your hand on outside of the mould until the ends are loose.

3. Serve Kulfi immediately and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.

I love this recipe a lot, do pin if you love it.

  

Notes:

1. You can also add a pinch of saffron to add aroma and flavor in the dessert.

2. Adding nuts or cardamom powder is totally optional.

Maha Shivaratri Vrat Recipes

 

Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated yearly for God Shiva. It is the auspicious time to perform God Shiva Puja.

Shivaratri is celebrated on every lunar month of 13 or 14 day of February or March. Generally people visit temples or Shiv Puja at home. They make Shiva Linga at home by mud and perform all the rituals by offering bel patri, milk, rose water, flowers, garland, than apply chandan, dhup and recite God Shiva Mantra to seek blessings of the God.

On the day of Shivaratri, devotees are often seen as keeping vrat or fasts. Well, these days there are lot of vrat recipes you can try.

1. Fruits - There are various fruits to eat during fasting like Apples, Bananas, Mangoes, Blueberries, Blackberries, Apricots, Watermelons, Cherries, Peaches, Pears, Plums, etc. Choose your favorite to eat. Eat your fruits slowly and mindfully until, you're satisfied.

2. Til Ladoo or Til-Gun Ladoo - Til Gun Ladoo is a traditional sweet ladoo which are eaten during fasting. They are made with 2 secret ingredients like sesame seeds and jaggery.

 

3. Dry-Fruits and Nuts - Dry fruits are rich in vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. Dry-Fruits like Dates, Raisins, Walnuts, Almonds, Pistachios, etc.

4. Banana Chips - Crispy Banana Chips, deep-fried in coconut oil seasoned with rock salt and black pepper. You can deep-fry, pan-fry, air-fry, roast, or bake them and pair it with your favorite dip and enjoy them as it is.

5. Potato Sabzi - The stir-fried potatoes are tempered with the flavors of cumin seeds, mango powder, and other dry spices.

6. Khichdi - You can eat various types of khichdi like sabudana khichdi, sabudana kheer or swang ke chwal ki khichdi which will boost the energy while fasting. 

 

7. Dairy-Products -  You can have all the dairy products like Tea, Coffee, Milk or Yogurt while Fasting.

8. Smoothies - You can make fruit smoothies like Mango Blueberry smoothie, Tropical sunshine smoothie and various others while fasting.

And there are different recipes which you can also try like Peanuts, Makhana, Kuttu Ka Dosa, Kuttu Ki Puri, etc. Enjoy all these recipes this Shivaratri and make sure you enjoy this festival with friends and family!

 

Kheer or Rice Pudding prepared with the goodness of rice, milk, sugar, and garnish with crushed cardamom, dry fruits and nuts like pistachios, cashews and raisins.

Rice Kheer is easy to make, and is a one pan method. My family loves this recipe specially my brother. You can serve it both warm and and chilled and keep the leftover rice kheer in the refrigerator.

Kheer is generally made on the Sharad Purnima which is a harvest festival celebrated on the full moon day, marking the end of the monsoon season. It is considered to be the birthday of Goddess Laxmi. This year Sharad Purnima is falling on 30 October 2020.

As per ritual, kheer is left overnight in the moonlight and believe that the rays of the moon on Sharad Purnima has special healing properties. The next day it is consumed and distributed as prasad.

Kheer or Rice pudding is a popular dessert across the country as it is quick and easy to make. It can also be prepared on the holidays or special occasions like Diwali which is coming after a week or two.

Here is an easy recipe which you can give it a try. Write down in the comments below what you think about this recipe.

Kheer or Rice Pudding

Serves : 6 People

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 1 hour

Author : The Food Root

Ingredients

1 litre full fat milk

1/4 cup basmati rice
1/2 cup of sugar

Garnish it with crushed cardamom or your favorite choice of dry fruits or nuts like pistachios, cashews and raisins

Method

1. Rinse basmati rice with water to remove excessive starch.

2. Then soak the basmati rice for at least 15-20 minutes.

3. Take a deep pan and boil the milk on low flame.

4. Add rice and boil the milk and rice on low flame. 

5. You can add 1 cup of water, this step is totally optional.

6. Now keep stirring the rice, milk and water (in case if you added) so that the milk does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

7. Continue to cook on the stove, and keep stirring it on low flame. 

8. Now when you realise that the kheer is almost 80% cooked, add sugar.

9. Keep stirring sugar for next 10 minutes or till it turns light brown.

10. Turn off the flame, and add cardamoms and your favourite nuts by slicing them.

11. You can also garnish the rice kheer by these dry fruits.

12. Serve it both warm or chilled and keep the leftover rice kheer in the refrigerator.

Notes :

1. Use basmati rice (or kheer wale chawal) as they are the best to make Kheer or Rice Pudding.

2. Use condensed milk in the kheer as it helps in making your kheer more sweet.

3. You can also add brown sugar instead of white if you want.

4. Adding 1 cup of water while boiling rice and milk together, is totally optional. (This trick of adding water helps as the mixture of rice pudding begins to thickens a lot.)

5. You can also garnish it with saffron strands.

6. In case you like cardamoms or dry fruits, you can slice them and add them in the kheer.

7. You can serve the kheer both warm or chilled and keep the leftover rice kheer in the refrigerator.

DRY FRUIT CUSTARD

Dry fruit custard is a simple recipe and made up with few ingredients: milk, sugar, dry fruits and custard powder.

Dry Fruit Custard is my new favorite dessert. I can have this all day and night. It's a sweet treat at the end of your dinners or even when you're planning to make a dessert for big dinner party or for your family and friends. I've been making this so much lately, had to share the recipe with you. This frozen custard exactly taste like an ice cream. It's so good and so easy that if you eat and try this delightful dessert once, you'll make it all the time.

There are quite a few methods of making custard but I usually make it with the custard powder. I'm using vanilla flavored custard powder. I like this dessert from my childhood days. This is my go-to custard recipe, and yes - it's eggless!!

Dry fruit custard is a simple recipe and made up with few ingredients: milk, sugar, dry fruits and custard powder. Every spoonful of this dessert delivers a creamy, smooth texture with a rich taste of vanilla flavor. The best thing about this is, it doesn't requires baking. It's a very soft and creamy dessert.

You can eat a warm freshly made custard or you can refrigerate it for later. You can even play with the flavors of custard by using fruits, dry-fruits, chocolate, paan or anything you like.

Treat your guests or make for your family. This mouthwatering dessert is one of the best treats for your friends and family!! It's the most easiest dessert to make and it's healthy too!!

I have followed a very simple custard making recipe that only uses milk, sugar, dry fruits and custard powder (vanilla flavor). Do try it, it's very delicious!

First chop all the dry fruits - cashew, raisins, pistachios and almonds and keep it aside.

Now, heat 4 cups of milk in a saucepan and let it boil. After 4-5 minutes, add 1 cup of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes.

Meanwhile, take a bowl and add 4 tablespoon of custard powder, 3 tablespoon of warm milk or water and mix it together. Make sure the custard paste is smooth.

Next, add the custard paste in the hot boiling milk. Keep stirring until there are no lumps.

Add in the dry fruits, followed by crushed cardamom pods (seeds removed) and stir it for 2-3 minutes. Mixture will start to thicken slowly. Continue stirring and bring it to boil and switch off the flame.

Now transfer the custard into the 6-7 medium size bowls and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits. Let it cool and then refrigerate it for 3-4 hours. Serve chilled.

DRY FRUIT CUSTARD

Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves: 6-7 people
Author: The Food Root

Ingredients

4 cups : Milk

1 cup : Sugar

3-4 tablespoon : Custard Powder

8-10 pieces : Cashews

8-10 pieces : Raisins

8-10 pieces : Pistachio

10-12 pieces : Almonds

3-4 pieces : Cardamom

Method

1. First chop all the dry fruits - cashew, raisins, pistachio and almonds and keep it aside.

2. Now, heat 4 cups of milk in a saucepan and let it boil.

3. After 4-5 minutes, add 1 cup of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, take a bowl and add 4 tablespoon of custard powder, 3 tablespoon of warm milk or water and mix it together. Make sure the custard paste is smooth.

5. Next, add the custard paste in the hot boiling milk. Keep stirring until there are no lumps.
6. Add in the dry fruits, followed by crushed cardamom pods (seeds removed) and stir it for 2-3 minutes. Mixture will start to thicken slowly. Continue stirring and bring it to boil. Switch off the flame.
7. Now, transfer the dry fruit custard into the 6-7 medium size bowls and garnish them with the remaining chopped dry fruits.
8. Let it cool and then refrigerate it for 3-4 hours. Serve chilled.

Notes
1. Adjust the quantity of custard powder as per the thickness you need.
2. Add sugar as per your taste.

3. You can play with with flavors of custard by using fruits, dry fruits, chocolate, paan or anything you like.
4. You can eat a warm freshly made custard or you can refrigerate it for later.

5. Adding Cardamom pods in custard is optional. You can leave it if you don't like the flavor of cardamoms.