Pista Kulfi (Pistachio Ice Cream)
July 22nd, 2008 filed under Desserts, Gluten Free
Kulfi is a very popular Indian ice cream. Kulfi comes in a variety of different flavors. Traditional kulfi is flavored with cardamom; this recipe is flavored with cardamom and pistachios.
Serves 6.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups whole milk
- 1 slice of white bread
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup sugar, adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground cardamom (ilachi)
- 10 pistachios sliced
Method
- Remove the crust from all sides of the bread and cut the bread in small pieces.
- Blend bread pieces, cornstarch, and a 1/2 cup of milk, making smooth paste and set aside.
- Boil remaining milk (3.5 cups) in nonstick frying pan on medium high heat.
- Stir milk as needed to keep milk from burning on the bottom of the frying pan. Stir the sides of the pan to avoid scalding.
- After milk comes to boil, let the milk boil for another 12 minutes. The goal is to boil the milk from 3 1/2 cups to 2 1/2 cups.
- Add the bread mixture to the milk in frying the pan and cook for another 4 minutes, reducing the heat to medium. Bread and cornstarch are added to reduce the water crystallizing in kulfi during freezing.
- Next add sugar and pistachios and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Turn off the heat and add cardamom powder.
- Cool the milk to room temperature and pour into a bowl,
- Take cellophane wrap and place it right over the milk covering it completely. Note: It is important that the cellophane wrap touches the milk.
- Put it in freezer. It will take about 7 hours for the kulfi to be ready to serve.
Variations
- Replace pistachios with almond or coconut powder.
- Replace pistachios with finally chopped fruits like mangos or strawberries. Add fruits in the end after turning off the heat.
- Many people enjoy eating kulfi like a Popsicle. Before freezing, pour the milk mixture in to a Popsicle mold. If you don’t have Popsicle mold use small paper cups and place cellophane wrap on top of the milk and place a Popsicle stick in center of cup and freeze.
Can we use all purpose flour (maida) instead of corn starch?
Shree,
All purpose flour and corn starch can not be substituted for each other.
What is cellophane wrap and where i can i get this. what you call for this in Hindi. Can i get this one i Adil supermarket in Dubai. Could you please send the reply to kamathcatherine@gmail.com
Hi Manjula
I have made this recipe a few times now for friends and they, and I, love it! The flavour is great, but could you please tell me what the texture should be like – mine seems to have ice crystals inside the kulfi, is this correct or am I doing something wrong?
Great videos and recipes, by the way.
Pauline
Kulfi will have some crystal but not much I like to freeze this in shallow bowl to avoid crystals.
Hi, I made the kulfi in popsicles and it turned out nice. Thanks for the recipe
Hi
Firstly, so nice of you to take so much bother to make your recipes available.
Could you please explain why we need to cover it touching with cellophane ? ie what is the purpose of this step ?
Thanks You.
Would this work with a nondairy milk (such as almond milk) instead of whole milk, by any chance?
Danni,
I have never tried cooking is more fun creating your own recipe, trying different ingredients.
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and I forgot , can we use corn flour instead of corn starch…?
A little research will tell you that “cornflour” is the word used in British english for corn starch.
What is cardammom??plzz tell me , bcause I luv your dishes…and I want to make your kulfi ice cream too…It looks so yummy.
hi samira
cardomom is elachi
u r simply amazing. ur dishes r 2 gud mam…………….. no words…………. mouthwatering………………… god bless u…………