Pick any fruit from the basket and there’s a kulfi flavour already made with it. Since it is summer, mangoes are in season and mango kulfi is quite a hit in many parts of North India. The sweetness of the mango with a tinge of creaminess results in a popular Indian dessert i.e. kulfi. Interestingly, kulfi can be served in plenty of ways too. There’s stick kulfi, kulfi with falooda served on a plate and matka kulfi too. Served in an earthen pot, the frozen Indian dessert is set in a matka for hours before it can be scooped out and eaten. It is believed that a matka or clay pot is a cooling agent and, therefore, suitable for storing water as well as making chilled desserts like kulfi.
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Matka Kulfi
Ingredients:
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup cream
- 2 tbsp milk powder
- 3/4th cup sugar
- Nuts (of your choice)
Method:
- Start by adding milk to a pan.
- Next, add in some milk powder and cream.
- Stir it continuously until it comes to a boil.
- Once it boils, throw in chopped almonds, cashews, and dried rose petals.
- Mix it well and let it cook for some more time.
- Keep stirring and scrape the sides to ensure the milk mixture doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
- When the milk reduces to one-third, add sugar to it.
- Combine all of this together.
- Then, take a matka and pour this milk mixture into it.
- Cover it with an aluminium foil and set it for at least 8-9 hours. You can also let it set overnight.
- Before covering, garnish it with some more cashews and almonds.
- Sprinkle some rose petals on top.
- Finally, take it out and scoop out the creamy kulfi from the matka and enjoy.
