Kalakand
September 24th, 2009 filed under Desserts
Very traditional and delicious dessert, made with whole milk, variation of a burfee soft and grainy in texture.
Recipe makes about 12 to 16 pieces.
Ingredients:
- 8 cups or 2 quart milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice (for making paneer)
- 1 tablespoon sliced almonds or pistachio for garnishing
Method:
Making Paneer:
- Mix lemon juice in ΒΌ cup of hot water and put aside.
- Boil the 4 cups of milk in a heavy bottomed pan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, making sure not to burn milk.
- As the milk comes to a boil, add the lemon juice gradually and stir the milk gently. The curd will start separating from the whey, turn off the heat.
- Once the milk fat has separated from the whey, drain the whey using a strainer line with cheesecloth, or muslin cloth.
- Wrap the curds in a muslin cloth, rinse under cold water, and squeeze well. This process takes out the sourness from the lemon.
- To take out the excess water, squeeze the wrapped paneer. Do not knead the paneer.
Making Kalakand:
- Boil remaining 4 cup of the milk in a heavy bottom frying pan on medium high heat until the milk reduces to about two cups.
- Make sure to frequently stir the milk as the milk burns easily in bottom of the pan.
- Add the paneer in the milk and keep stirring till the mixture thickness and form a soft dough consistency.
- Add the sugar and continue to cook and stirring until the mixture become soft lump and start leaving the pan from sides.
- Pour it over greased plate keeping about half inch thick.
- Let it cool for about one hour. Cut the kalakand in squares.
Tips:
- Putting few spoons of water in pot before putting milk reduces burning the milk bottom of the pan.
- If kalakand is too soft put the plate in microwave oven (plate should be microwave safe) for 2 to 3 minutes. Making sure kalakand don’t become dry.
Hi Manjula,
Thanks for the recipe. I tried it… It came out really good.
Again Thank you for posting delicious recipes…
Hello Aunty,
I tried your Kalakand recepie. It turned out really good. Thanks for posting simple and delicious recepies.
hello manjula aunt,
i tried it,it cameout really good.but i like to know how to make kalakand into pieces
Sravanthi, cut into squares with a knife after it has cooled off. Is that what you want to know about “making” it into pieces?
It is good but is not healthy for those having high cholesterol and sugar…
You can use splenda instead of sugar. The rest is paneer. Can’t think of health if one has sweet tooth.
Moderation in eating is important. Sweets from any country are not nutritious, but a small portion to enjoy is the secret.
Further, make sweets when there are going to be others to eat it also. If you are alone, you will eat too much of it.
hello Manjula aunty,
I love making sweets and your site is awesome!!!
I made badam barfi 4 times already in a month as i had lot of guests and everybody loved it and when I cut it in diamonds it almost looks like kaju katli!
Also for a person who has dreaded making paneer, I not only made paneer but also the kalakhand following your instructions carefully and it came really good. I really like your simple and detailed videos. Thank you sooo much!!
Awesome dessert.My husband loved it .Best recipe i have ever found for kalakand.Even after doing soem mistakes ,it turned out excellent.Keep up the nice work.
I will sure make it frequently for all my guests.Thanks a lot!!!!
Hi Manjulaji,
i tried your recipe two days back and it turned out really good.thanks for the video recipe. my 3 year old daughter liked it very much and my husband too!
again thanks for this kalakand recipe.
I made it last night and it turned out really good. I ate so much, I got a stomach ache.
Thanks again for the video and recipe!
looks yummy,ll surely try
but is it possible to make pieces,plz reply
Looks delicious. Thank you for providing a recipe and video for how to make Kalakand. I tried to make it from a recipe I found online, but it didn’t come out nice, I think because I added the sugar too soon. It was really sticky. I’m going to try making it again as you have shown.
Thank you!