Ingredients
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2 cup MILK POWDER
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1.5 cup WATER
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2 tsp LEMON JUICE
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2 tsp GHEE
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1/3 cup SUGAR
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as required TUTTI FRUTTI
Directions
Indians don’t finish their meals until they have something sweet like kalakand recipe using milk powder. We are known for our love of sweet dishes and desserts. Every part of India has its own sweet dishes. Chena or homemade paneer sweets are also famous in many parts of India. Puviya’s recipe here is an easy and quick version of making delicious milk powder kalakand in 15-20 minutes. Kalakand is also known as milk cake, mishri mawa or qalaqand in some places of India.
Making the original kalakand is a very tedious job which involves continuously stirring the milk. Puviya’s recipe of milk powder kalakand recipe is an easy version using milk powder, sugar and lemon juice. It is actually an ancient dish from Rajasthan and famous in north India. This dish is specially prepared during festivals and occasions.
Kalakand is generally prepared with paneer or chhena, every state of India has a different version of sweets made from paneer/chhena. Sandesh in Bengal is also a dish made from paneer/chhena. This kalakand can be prepared for guests arriving on short notice. Kalakand is moist, juicy, tastes delicious and has a delicate grainy texture.
Kalakand tastes best when served fresh. You could garnish the kalakand with your choice of dry fruits.
Watch Video of Kalakand Recipe Using Milk Powder-Milk Powder Kalakand Recipe
Without further delay, lets start with the recipe using milk powder to prepare milk powder kalakand. Follow the steps:
Recipe Instructions of Kalakand Recipe Using Milk Powder-Milk Powder Kalakand Recipe:
Preparation:
- Take a deep pan and put 2 cups of milk powder in it.
- Add 1.5 cups of water in the pan.
- Mix the milk powder and water well with a beater in the pan.
- Stir the mixture continuously till the powder mixes with water.
- Make sure there are no lumps in the semi liquid mixture prepared in the pan.
- Put it on the stove and cook it on a medium flame.
- Add 2 teaspoons of lemon juice in the pan.
- Mix the lemon juice well in the mixture in the pan.
- Stir the mixture after 2 minutes in the pan.
- The mixture starts to sputter, stay careful.
- Next, add 1/3rd cup of sugar in the pan.
- Mix the sugar with the mixture in the pan well.
- Now, add 2 teaspoons of ghee the mixture.
- The mixture starts forming lumps slowly.
- Take a plate and grease it with some ghee and transfer the mixture to the greased plate.
- Level the mixture in the plate with the help of a spoon.
- Let the mixture cool down completely.
- Transfer the mixture from the plate to a different bigger plate.
- Using a knife, cut the mixture into pieces according to your preference.
- Place the kalakand pieces in a plate and you could top it with some cherries on the top.
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Notes-• Prefer using a non-stick pan for reducing the milk powder, or else the kalakand may change its colour due to reaction with the iron pan. |