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BASUNDHI

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BASUNDHI
when i am doing the sweet will get a smile and think about my brother and how he likes this. We used to taste basundhi in different places but we had different experience. So thought of trying it in home in my style. Here comes basundhi....

Ingredients
Thick milk-2 ltr
sugar as per your taste approximately as we are adding condensed milk
condensed milk (milkmaid)1 can
saffron a pinch
nuts chopped and dry roasted especially unsalted pistasios nut-1 tbsp
cardomom powder-1/2 tsp

Method:
Boil the condensed milk and the sweetened milk(milk plus sugar) until it is thick and creamy. Make sure you mix it often to not to burn. When mixing make sure you dont mix the fat layer of milk. Just push it aside and add cardomam powder and mix to get that yummy taste. Once thickened add the saffron. Cool it. YOU can as such serve chilled with nuts on top with few strings of safflower or else if you have rasgulla add them without the water into the basundhi cream and serve chilled.

Nutritional Info:
High in fat, sugar, calcium and protein. Also traces of vitamins and minerals.

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