Shrikand is a creamy, delicious dessert made by blending hung curd with saffron infused milk, flavours & garnished with chopped nuts. Shrikand is a rich dessert option after a weekend lunch and its taste lingers for long. Shrikand is soothing dessert for the scorching summer.
Shrikhand Recipe with step by step pictures – Shrikhand is a very quick and easy dessert which grabs just few mins of your time when you have hung curd in hand. It is a rich and delicious dessert as well, So if you haven’t planned for anything elaborate for Krishna Janmashtami this year, you can make this easy dessert even at the last minute.
Mittu loves anything with curd so this was sure a treat for her.I have already posted Mango Shrikhand years back and now this Kesar Shrikhand adds on to our favourite list of desserts too.
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Shrikand
Ingredients
- 2 cups thick curd
- 5 tbsp powdered sugar
- little less than 1/4 tsp rose essence
- 5 strands saffron
- 1/8 tsp cardamom powder
- 4 pistachios chopped
Instructions
- Take curd in a thin cloth and hang it for at least 2 hours for the water to drain completely. The curd should be thick with no excess water.
- Soak saffron in warm milk and set aside.
- Transfer hung curd to a mixing bowl, add powdered sugar,
- Whisk it well without any lumps.
- Then add cardamom powder, saffron milk and whisk well.
- Finally add rose essence and mix well.
- Refrigerate until serving time.
- Garnish with nuts of your choice and serve,
- Refrigerate and serve Shrikand chilled.
Notes
- Use thick curd to get more quantity of hung curd.
- Adjust sugar as per your preference.
- You can add a mix of chopped nuts of your choice. Mittu is not fond of nuts so I just garnished it. You can even mix it with curd.
- After refrigerating it becomes even more thick.
- Use curd that is not sour.
Shrikand Recipe Step by Step
- Take curd in a thin cloth and hang it for atleast 2 hrs for the water to drain completely.The curd should be thick with no excess water.
- Soak saffron in warm milk and set aside.Transfer hung curd to a mixing bowl, add powdered sugar,
- Whisk it well without any lumps.Then add cardamom powder,saffron milk and whisk well.
- Finally add rose essence and mix well.Refrigerate until serving time.Garnish with nuts of your choice and serve,
Refrigerate and serve chilled.
Expert Tips
- Use thick curd to get more quantity of hung curd.
- Adjust sugar as per your preference.
- You can add a mix of chopped nuts of your choice.Mittu is not fond of nuts so I just garnished it.You can even mix it with curd.
- After refrigerating it becomes even more thick.
- Use curd that is not sour.
sanasardour
Thanks for sharing di..I am sure this will taste awesome.
Nivetha Maruthachalam
How much time we have to soak saffron in warm milk
SHARMILEE J
Just for 10mins…
Niloufer Riyaz
all time fav dessert
Hansa
I use equal amount of Greek yogurt to home made curd. It doubles the volume.