March 20, 2007: Kulfi

Kulfi is Indian-style ice-cream. I outset encountered kulfi when I spent a semester at Cornell University inwards upstate New York inwards 2004. I had an Indian-American housemate in addition to she invited me to a fundraiser for Asha, where the local chapter prepared a three-course vegetarian Indian meal. The kulfi had been frozen inwards footling cups - it was sugariness in addition to milky amongst occasional crunches of slivered almonds in addition to an intriguing gustation that I couldn't identify. I right away know that gustation was terra firma cardamom, in addition to the spice has give-up the ghost intrinsically linked amongst Indian sweets inwards my mind. Since in addition to hence I've noticed that many Indian restaurants convey kulfi on their dessert menu, but I tend to arrive at dwelling household instead: non solely did the Cornell Asha Chapter set on an inspiring dinner, but they gave their guests recipes for all the dishes served. Rather than stirring almonds into the mixture, I served kulfi scoops surrounded past times toasted slivered almonds. It was quite the process to savour amongst Main Hoon Na!

Kulfi
(makes about a litre)

Whisk together about equal parts of sweetened condensed milk, ricotta in addition to cream (I used a tin [ 400g] of condensed milk, a 250g tub of ricotta in addition to 300mL bottle of cream). Stir inwards almost a teaspoon of terra firma cardamom, in addition to hence chill the mixture. When it is rattling cold, freeze inwards an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Serve amongst slivered almonds or pistachios.