Basundi/Rabdi (Milk dessert)
Basundi/Rabdi (Milk dessert)

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, basundi/rabdi (milk dessert). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basundi is a very tasty Indian dessert recipe prepared with milk, Usually in Maharashtra it is served with soft puri in marriage or other functions. Basundi is a delicious dessert made by reducing milk and sugar to a thick consistency. This is chilled, garnished with nuts and served.

Basundi/Rabdi (Milk dessert) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Basundi/Rabdi (Milk dessert) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have basundi/rabdi (milk dessert) using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Basundi/Rabdi (Milk dessert):
  1. Make ready 1 litre milk
  2. Get 300 grams sweetened condensed milk
  3. Take 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
  4. Take 1/2 cup cashews cut in to small pieces
  5. Prepare 1/2 cup almonds cut in to small pieces
  6. Make ready 1/2 cup pistachios cut in to small pieces
  7. Take 4-5 saffron strands, soaked in lukewarm milk for 10-15 minutes
  8. Prepare to taste sugar

But is reduced only to about half. milk based desserts are a very popular recipe in india. but the milk basundi is hugely popular in gujarat, maharashtra and karnataka where it is served chilled with mixed nuts. moreover, it is also confused with the other popular milk-based dessert i.e rabdi or rabri recipe. but there is a slight. The lovely natural creaminess, pinkish color adds to the beauty of basundi. Basundi (Gujarati: બાસુંદી, Kannada: ಬಾಸುಂಡಿ, Marathi: बासुंदी, Tamil: பாசந்தி, Telugu: బాసుంది) is an Indian sweet mostly in Gujarat, Maharashtra , Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It is a sweetened condensed milk made by boiling milk on low heat until the milk is reduced by half.

Steps to make Basundi/Rabdi (Milk dessert):
  1. Add milk in a thick bottom pan, heat up and allow milk to boil in a low flame, stir the milk in between 3-4 minutes once
  2. Then add sweetened condensed milk in to the milk and mix together, taste the milk if required more sweet either you can add 50 grams of condensed milk or sugar
  3. Then milk starts to thicken, you will notice the milk solids in with creamy texture, keep on stirring the milk for 20-25 minutes
  4. Then add cut cashews,almonds and pistachios (save some nuts for garnishing too) to the Basundi and let it boil for another 5 more minutes and simmer to a minute and turn off the flame and then add soaked saffron strands to it mix together
  5. Basundi is ready to serve hot or chilled (as you like)
  6. If you like to serve chill then let the Basundi cools down completely, keep the Basundi in refrigerator for at least 30-45 minutes then serve chill

Basundi is a milk based dessert with simple ingredients like sugar and nuts. Basundi should not be too thick. Served chilled and can also be served warm with Puri. This is my FIL's favorite sweet. Basundi is a creamy milk dessert from Western Indian.

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