Name: Basundi recipe by Arti Gupta at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Milk - 1/2 litre full cream; Milk - 1 tbsp; Sugar- 2 tsp; Cardamom powder- a pinch; Almonds- 8-10; Pistachios- 8-10; Saffron strands- few; To garnish:; Silver varq - 1; Few almond silvers and chopped pistachio

ABOUT Basundi RECIPE

Basundi is an aromatic and flavourful dessert of Gujarat .The milk is reduced and thickened to prepare this delicacy. It is also similar to rabdi of North India.

Ingredients Serving: 2

Milk - 1/2 litre full cream
Milk - 1 tbsp
Sugar- 2 tsp
Cardamom powder- a pinch
Almonds- 8-10
Pistachios- 8-10
Saffron strands- few
To garnish:
Silver varq - 1
Few almond silvers and chopped pistachio

Instructions

Take saffron strands and dissolve it in 1 tbsp warm milk and keep aside.
Take 1/2 litre milk in a heavy bottom vessel and boil it. After it comes to a boil, reduce it to half while stirring on a low flame.
Once it has reduced and thickened, add cardamom powder and almond silvers and chopped pistachio and mix it well.
Add saffron dissolved in milk and mix.You can now feel all the aromas flowing out as the Basundi is ready.
Pour it in traditional matkis and garnish it with almond silvers and pistachio.
Gently decorate with silver varq and your dessert is ready to be enjoyed hot or cold as per your choice.

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