Maharashtra

Kharvas

Name: Kharvas
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Maharashtrian
Ingredients: 2 cups full cream milk; 2/3 cup condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk); 3/4 cup fresh and thick curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1/4 tsp cardamom; a pinch nutmeg; a few strands saffron

A wobbly, steamed milk pudding scented with cardamom and nutmeg. Maharashtra's barn door treat.

45 minTime

6 gProtein each

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The first milk sweet3 chapters · 2 min read

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Grandma's wayCow's colostrum, jaggery and a pinch of nutmeg.

The original

179kcal

6 gprotein

0 gfibre

45minutes

Kharvas as Maharashtrian farm homes make it with first milk.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Milk2 cups full cream

Condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk)⅔ cup

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¾ cup, fresh and thick

Cardamom¼ tsp

Nutmega pinch

Saffrona few strands

Method

4 steps

1Whisk milk, condensed milk and curd until completely smooth.
2Stir in cardamom and nutmeg and pour into a greased steel tin. Scatter saffron on top.
3Cover with a plate or foil and steam on medium for 30 to 35 minutes.
4Cool, then chill for 2 hours before cutting into squares.

Serve it like this

Cut into squares and serve chilled on a small plate with a sprinkle of nutmeg.

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Kharvas

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