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.
hai Manjulaa aunty…..ur recipies r too gud..n very simple….Thanks 4 sharing wit us……..Thanks a lot….Iam trying each one of urs…its comng very gud…
Oh sorry…didnt read that you have already given answer to this earlier. I got it
Dear Manjula ji,
A big fan of your “Difficult recipes made easy”
Yes they really are giving minute details of everything one need. I discovered your website by chance and now a lot of my friends are your fan.
A query- can I use cornflour instead of cornstarch for the kulfi? Actually don’t know the difference so asking.
Thanks in advance
thankyou aunty and i am goin to try ur recipe today
Hello Shilpa, sorry you can not substitue maida for cornstarch.
Hi manjula,
I like your recipes a lot, it has been helpful to me a loooot.i have a Q about kulfi recipe, can i substitute 2tsp of maida with 2tsp of water instead of cornstarch?
shilpa
hello’
manjulaji, how are you
i am monika
staying in Noida, india
i liked your recipes very much.
they are so easy to cook and they are less time consuming.
well i want to know the recipe for the cake can you give me that
monika
hello aunty,
kulfi was really great but I would like to request u on behalf of my daughter as she also liked your gajar halwa recipie a lot ,can u give recipie of home made mawa sweet I will be thankful as she ate in india since then she’s been asking me to ask u.
love & regards
hi manjula aunty,
your recipes rock..they are so0o0o0 easy to make and i can find all the ingredients here in singapore…..! i can’t wait for more… i love the masala french fries the most… they taste extremely nice… thanks aunty…
Hi Sarika,
In USA it is sold under the name “Saran Wrap”. Just ask a clerk when you go to the American grocery store. It’s sold along side things like aluminum foil. Saran Wrap is a brand, you can buy other brands of this cling film also. Good luck.