Basundi
Basundi, from above
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Basundi

Milk simmered down to creamy gold with nuts. Patience you can pour.

75 minTime
10 gProtein each
mildSpice
Milk, reduced with care2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySlow reduced milk, saffron and nuts.
The original
271kcalsame
10 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
75minutessame

Classic basundi.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Milk1 litre, full cream
Sugar⅓ cup
Cardamom¼ tsp
Saffrona few strands
Almonds1 tbsp, slivered
Pistachios1 tbsp, slivered
Cashewsa few, chopped

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Boil the milk in a heavy, wide pan and simmer on low, stirring every few minutes and scraping the cream from the sides back in.
  2. 2When reduced to about a third, add sugar, saffron and nuts and simmer 5 more minutes.
  3. 3Stir in cardamom and serve warm or chilled.
Serve it like this

Pour into glasses just before serving, nicely chilled or piping hot, whichever it's meant to be.

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