Basundi (Milk dessert) -

Vijaya Dashmi  (Dassera) is here and basundi-poori is favourite Maharashtrian feast on this occasion. So here is a traditional basundi recipe.

Ingredients –

Full fat milk – 1 litre

Sugar – as per taste

Charoli/Chironji – 1 tb-spoon

Cardamom powder – 1 t-spoon

Garnish –

Blanched and chopped pistachio.

Procedure –

1.   Take a non stick pan. Add milk into it and start boiling milk.

2.  Stir continuously. Don't let the milk stick to the bottom of the pan.

3. Stir till it becomes half of the quantity i.e. ½ litre.

4. Add charoli/chironji and sugar to the milk and boil for another 10 minutes till it becomes thick.

5. Turn off the heat and add cardamom powder.  Garnish with blanched and chopped pistachio.

6. Serve basundi hot with puri.

Note :

1.  You can add rose essence instead of cardamom powder and serve cold with garnishing of rose petals.

2.  You can add saffron along with cardamom powder.

However the recipe above is a very traditional version of 'basundi'.