Kulfi, a rich, creamy, and dense frozen dessert, originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is a popular dessert in many countries, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Kulfi is traditionally made with milk, sugar, and flavorings such as cardamom, saffron, pistachio, mango, or rose. The mixture is simmered until it thickens and then frozen in molds. Kulfi can be served plain or garnished with nuts, fruits, or syrup. In this article, we will explore the classic kulfi recipe and some of its variations, providing detailed instructions and tips to help you create the perfect kulfi at home.
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KULFI
This is a simple but delicious recipe for Kulfi (Indian Ice Cream) that I got from my sister-in-law. I have made this several times, and it always gets rave reviews - even the kids love it! For extra flavor, you could add a few drops of rose water or ground pistachios.
Provided by Simmi G
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian
Time 8h20m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Combine evaporated milk, condensed milk and whipped topping in a blender and blend in pieces of bread until smooth.
- Pour mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish or two plastic ice cube trays, sprinkle with cardamom and freeze for 8 hours or overnight.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 139.3 calories, Carbohydrate 16.4 g, Cholesterol 9.2 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 67.2 mg, Sugar 14.5 g
KULFI
I grew up near Little India in California, and I loved the desserts from Indian sweets shops. One of them sold kulfi, a spiced and nutty frozen custard in cone molds. Here I use a shortcut method to make kulfi quickly and without any special equipment. The whole milk can be replaced with mango pulp for mango kulfi. -Justine Kmiecik, Crestview, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large heavy saucepan, whisk milks, cream, milk powder, cardamom, sea salt and, if desired, saffron until blended. Cook over low heat until mixture thickens slightly, about 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not allow to boil. Remove from heat. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a small bowl; cool., Stir in cashews, pistachios and extract. Transfer to six 4-oz. ramekins. Cover and freeze for 8 hours or overnight. If desired, serve with additional nuts.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 446 calories, Fat 27g fat (14g saturated fat), Cholesterol 72mg cholesterol, Sodium 266mg sodium, Carbohydrate 44g carbohydrate (41g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 11g protein.
KULFI (INDIAN ICE CREAM WITH NUTS)
A wonderful Madhur Jaffrey recipe. You don't need an ice-cream maker for this recipe, but if you do have one, you may use it! There are quite a few recipes posted here which includes cream. Kulfi is not made with cream, it's made with reduced milk. You may use full-cream or semi-skimmed milk. So, it would help to have a wide, heavy based sauce-pan for boiling down the milk, but a heavy non-stick pan would do as well. Please note, the cooking time does not include cooling time and freezing time.
Provided by AaliyahsAaronsMum
Categories Frozen Desserts
Time 1h50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Pour the milk into a wide, heavy based sauce pan and bring to boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
- As soon as the milk begins to rise, turn the heat down just to the point to allow the milk to simmer vigorously but without boiling over.
- Add in the cardamom pods.
- Leave the milk to boil and stir the sides of the pan constantly to avoid scalding.
- Whenever a film forms on top of the milk, just stir it in .
- The milk has to reduce to about a third of the original amount, about 750 ml (1 1/4 pints) which will take about 45 minutes.
- When the milk has reduced, remove the cardamom pods and discard them.
- Add in the sugar and almonds, stir and simmer gently for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the reduced milk into a bowl (which can be put into the freezer) and let it cool completely.
- Add half of the chopped pistachios and stir them in .
- Cover the bowl with an aluminum foil and put it in the freezer.
- (I do not have an ice-cream maker, but if you do, then you can pour the milk into the machine and get it going).
- Meanwhile, put 6 small individual cups or a 900ml ( 1 1/2 pints) pudding basin in the freezer.
- Every 15 minutes or so, remove the ice-cream bowl from the freezer and give the ice-cream a good stir.
- As the ice-cream begins to freeze, it will become harder to stir but when it becomes almost impossible to stir, take out the cups or pudding basin from the freezer and divide the ice-cream between the cups or empty it into the pudding basin.
- Sprinkle the remaining pistachios over the top and cover with aluminum foil sealing them well on the edges.
- Return them back to the freezer to let the ice-cream harden (for at least 4 hours).
- If it's in individual cups, then remove the cups from the freezer 10-15 minutes before you want to serve it to soften slightly.
- If it's made in the pudding basin, you can put it in the fridge 20-30 minutes before serving.
- Remove the ice-cream from the pudding basin by running a sharp knife around the edges of the ice-cream and slip it onto a serving plate (it should slip off easily, if it doesn't then dip the bowl in hot water and try again).
- Cut into 6 slabs and serve.
- Enjoy!
INDIAN ICE CREAM WITH PISTACHIOS: PISTA KULFI
True rabdi is simply milk that has been brought to a boil and then simmered until most of the water evaporates, and it is thick and creamy. Mixed with sugar, nuts such as almonds and pistachios, and flavorings, rabdi is a dessert in itself. It is also used to make other Indian desserts. Rabdi is incredible when served as a sauce over grilled, stewed or poached fruits - try it with pineapples, apples, pears, mangos, peaches and nectarines. When frozen, it transforms into Kulfi (Indian ice cream.) To make flavored kulfi, start with the recipe for Traditional Thickened Milk Pudding, which is more time-consuming but more authentic, then choose any of the following flavors. Freeze as directed in Quick and Easy Indian Ice Cream. This green-tinted kulfi is one of the most popular. The ground pistachios add to the overall taste and the chopped ones, a delicate punch.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 5h5m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- To make the pudding: Place the milk in a large, heavy wok or skillet and bring to a boil over high heat. Continue to boil, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring and scraping the bottom and sides of the wok often, until the milk is reduced by at least 3/4, about 45 minutes. You should be left with about 2 cups of condensed milk. (It should have a few lumps.)
- Mix in the sugar, cardamom seeds, ground pistachios and food coloring, if using, and cook, stirring, until the sugar melts and thins down the pudding, and then the pudding thickens again, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Transfer to traditional kulfi molds or disposable 5 1/2-ounce plastic souffle cups. Cover and place in the freezer until completely frozen, at least 4 hours.
- To serve, dip each mold in hot water about 10 seconds, run a knife around the inside of the mold and transfer immediately to a dessert plate. Serve whole or cut into smaller pieces, garnish with chopped pistachios, and serve.
QUICK MANGO KULFI
Traditional kulfi is made by boiling milk to reduce it, and to concentrate the milk solids, then freezing the base with flavorings such as fruit pulp, spices or nuts. Though kulfi is often compared to ice cream, it's nothing like it: Kulfi isn't churned. The protein and sugar create a rich, dense texture that is slightly crystalline and quick to melt. This recipe for instant mango kulfi takes short cuts, using canned sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream. It's a recipe that has no fixed season, that takes no time to mix up and that comes straight from my mother. She made it all year long when I was growing up, to hold us over in the lonely gaps between trips to see family in India. It's inauthentic - and delicious.
Provided by Tejal Rao
Categories ice dishes, dessert
Time 10h5m
Yield Serves 12 (more with small-size molds)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large bowl mix all the ingredients until there are no streaks of color, then pour the mixture into a 9- or 10-inch loaf pan lined with plastic wrap (or individual freezer-safe ramekins). Place in the freezer, and allow to set for at least 10 hours, until frozen. Dip the outside of the pan in warm water, just long enough to release the kulfi. After you've used the plastic wrap to help you unmold neatly, throw it away. Slice and serve the kulfi immediately. If you're using ramekins, allow to sit at room temperature for a few minutes, then serve directly in the bowls.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 288, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 30 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 82 milligrams, Sugar 29 grams
EASY AND YUMMIEST KULFI RECIPE
A great ice cream dessert from Pakistan, very easy to make and totally irresistible! I freeze it in a square glass dish overnight. Put the dish out for five minutes before serving. Make squares and serve. Another option is to freeze it in individual disposable cups. When ready to serve, put the cups under warm running water and take out kulfi.
Provided by Saad
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Pakistani
Time 8h10m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Pour evaporated milk, canned cream, and sweetened condensed milk into a blender; tear bread into pieces and add to blender. Add cardamom and almonds; blend until liquified, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour into a 9x13-inch glass dish and freeze 8 hours or overnight before cutting into squares and serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 256.3 calories, Carbohydrate 22.5 g, Cholesterol 21.7 mg, Fat 15.6 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 4.8 g, SaturatedFat 9.3 g, Sodium 120.1 mg, Sugar 20.4 g
MANGO KULFI RECIPE BY TASTY
Kulfi is the Indian version of ice cream but it's even easier to make. With a few simple ingredients you have a decadent and luscious dessert with minimal effort. Take it a step further by garnishing with rose petals for an extra fancy effect!
Provided by Matt Ciampa
Categories Snacks
Time 8h20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Add the saffron to a small bowl. Pour the hot water over the threads and soak for 5 minutes.
- Add the heavy cream to a large bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer on high speed until soft peaks form, 3-5 minutes.
- Gently fold the sweetened condensed milk into the whipped cream with a rubber spatula. Fold in the mango purée, then the ground cardamom and bloomed saffron with its soaking liquid, until incorporated.
- Pour the mixture into a glass container. Freeze for at least 8 hours, preferably overnight, until frozen solid.
- Scoop the mango kulfi into small bowls and top with rose petals and more saffron threads, if desired.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 336 calories, Carbohydrate 24 grams, Fat 28 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 4 grams, Sugar 22 grams
MIXED NUTS INDIAN ICE-CREAM (KULFI)
Kulfi is an all time favorite Indian dessert - especially in summer! It's a little like ice cream but Kulfi has it's own unique flavor. Try this super simple recipe. You won't believe how easy it is!
Provided by ShowMeTheCurry
Categories Frozen Desserts
Time 4h10m
Yield 20-25 Dixie cups, 15-20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- With a mortar and pestle, grind together Sugar and Saffron.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine Sweetened Condensed Milk, Evaporated Milk, Heavy Whipping Cream and Cool Whip.
- Using an electric hand blender (or by hand), gently mix all ingredients together.
- Add in Saffron and Sugar mixture and Nuts. 4. Mix well.
- Pour mixture into small dixie style plastic cups. Cover cups with foil and insert a wooden popsicle stick into the center.
- Freeze Kulfi for at least 4 - 6 hours, preferably overnight.
KULFI (INDIAN ICE CREAM)
Kulfi is classic traditional Indian ice-cream that is textured, creamy, rich and has a good full flavor, made with ingredients such as pistachio nuts, mango, malai, cardamom and saffron. Kulfi does not require an ice-cream maker to produce and also is not whipped like western ice-cream, instead it is blended together. Once made...
Provided by Marsha Gardner
Categories Ice Cream & Ices
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 1. Chop up the pistachio nuts until they are in little bits, not too finely though or the finished kulfi will lose some of the wanted course texture.
- 2. Then place into a saucepan and add the other ingredients, carefully bring to the boil, as milk and cream boils at a lower temperature and will rise quickly in the saucepan.
- 3. While the mixture is simmering, stir slowly for about 1 minute until the ingredients are well blended in.
- 4. Allow to cool then whisk the mixture or use a hand blender to make the mixture even smoother, then pour the mixture into popsicle mould's, special kulfi mould's, brioche (French bread) mould's or even half coconut shells and freeze for 6 hours.
- 5. Before you serve the kulfi, dip the mould into warm water for several seconds so that the ice-cream is easier to remove and garnish with fine ground pistachios.
- 6. Of course kulfi can be made with fruits blended in as well and a popular choice is to use mangoes, add small to medium sized chunks of mango to the mixture after its taken off the heat and fold in, then freeze as normal.
NO WAY IT'S FAT FREE SUGAR FREE MANGO KULFI
I made this recipe up after searching the internet for Fat Free Kulfi. It is based upon the recipe by Monica Bhide, from her book The Spice is Right- Indian Cooking for Today. You can find the original recipe at fabulousfoods.com.
Provided by Shannon Holmes
Categories Frozen Desserts
Time 4h5m
Yield 17 pops
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Blend all ingredients in blender.
- Pour evenly among 17 ice cream pop molds and insert sticks.
- Freeze at least 4 hours.
- Betcha can't eat just one, I couldn't.
EASY KULFI (ICE CREAM WITHOUT AN ICE CREAM FREEZER!)
Someone was asking about kulfi on the boards awhile back; I got interested and made some myself! Found this online. It's easy and it tastes great--and the best part is that NO ice cream freezer is needed! (prep time is freezing time). It's also very cheap---I could imagine any college kid with a fridge/freezer in his dorm could make this as well! Enjoy!
Provided by spatchcock
Categories Frozen Desserts
Time 12h
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a large bowl, stir together well the evaporated milk, condensed milk, cream, and optional other flavor.
- Pour into popsicle molds, Indian stainless steel kulfi molds, or even a small bowl.
- Freeze overnight.
- Remove from the molds by resting their bottoms very briefly in warm to hot water (if you do this for too long you'll have a gooey mess!).
PEACH-PISTACHIO KULFI
This creamy and delicious frozen peach treat is loaded with pistachios and sweet cardamom spice.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 25m
Yield 10 kulfis
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Bring the heavy cream and evaporated milk to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Cook, stirring often, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 15 minutes. Stir in the sugar, cardamom and salt. Let cool completely.
- Puree the cream mixture in a blender with the peaches; strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
- Divide among ten 3-ounce paper cups, then sprinkle with the pistachios. Freeze until slightly frozen, then insert a wooden stick into each. Freeze until solid and firm.
EASY MALAI KULFI
Kulfi is best described as Indian-style ice cream. However, unlike ice cream, kulfi is not churned. This is a fantastic summer dessert. This is a quick and easy version of kulfi. I almost never make kulfi the old way any more.
Provided by SUSMITA
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian
Time 1h25m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Stir the milk, condensed milk, and dry milk powder together in a heavy-bottomed pan and bring to a boil. Add the sugar, cardamom, and saffron to the boiling milk; reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature; fold the pistachio nuts into the mixture.
- Pour the mixture into popsicle molds and freeze until solid, about 1 hour
Nutrition Facts : Calories 193.8 calories, Carbohydrate 22.7 g, Cholesterol 22 mg, Fat 8.7 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 7.2 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 107.7 mg, Sugar 21.4 g
Tips:
- Use full-fat milk: This will give your kulfi a richer, creamier flavor.
- Don't skimp on the sugar: Sugar is essential for giving kulfi its characteristic sweetness. If you use too little, your kulfi will be bland.
- Use a variety of nuts and fruits: This will add flavor and texture to your kulfi. Some popular options include almonds, pistachios, cashews, raisins, and mangoes.
- Be patient: Kulfi takes time to make. Don't rush the process, or you'll end up with a grainy, icy dessert.
- Serve kulfi chilled: Kulfi is best served chilled, so make sure to let it cool completely before enjoying it.
Conclusion:
Kulfi is a delicious and refreshing dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its creamy texture and sweet flavor, kulfi is sure to please everyone. So next time you're looking for a special treat, give kulfi a try. You won't be disappointed.
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