Shrikhand – Sweet Flavorful Yogurt
June 6th, 2010 filed under Desserts, Gluten Free
Shrikhand is a classic dessert of Western India. Plain yogurt is transformed into an aromatic delicacy flavored with saffron and cardamom.
Recipe will serve 4.
Ingredients
- 4 cups of yogurt
- ¾ cup of sugar as needed
- Few strands of saffron
- 1 tablespoon warm milk
- About ¼ teaspoon crushed cardamom
- 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon sliced pistachios
Method
- Drain the yogurt – Put a muslin or cheese cloth over a strainer. Now pour the yogurt over muslin cloth to drain. Place a bowl underneath the strainer to collect the excess water.
- Next gently squeeze the excess water from yogurt. Make sure not to squeeze out the yogurt.
- Move the yogurt with strainer and bowl into the refrigerator for at least six hours to drain excess water.
- Yogurt will become thick in consistency.
- Dissolve the saffron in warm milk. Milk will take on the saffron color, yellowish orange.
- Add sugar, cardamom powder, and saffron milk to yogurt and beat well till sugar dissolves. You may use a mixer.
- Mix in most of the almonds and pistachios to the yogurt mix and the remaining nuts will be used for garnish.
- Chill the shrikhand before serving.
- Traditionally shrikhand is served with puri (fried flat bread).
Notes
When the water is draining from the yogurt, it’s suggested to keep the yogurt in the refrigerator in order to keep the yogurt from becoming more sour.
Dear Ms.Manjulaji,
I have learned many recepies from your web side.
I have a question for Shrikhand preparation, instead of using sugar it is possible to use honey.
Please advice.
With regards
rajul
Rajul,
I have never tried, but it should work and taste little different but good.
so for 32 oz plain yoghurt how much sugar should i use aunty…
Priya, 32 oz is the same as 4 cups (there are 8 ounces in one cup), so follow the recipe as is.
For the first time i made Shrikhand after going through ur simple recipe, it was really yummy…My son who is 1 yr old also enjoyed it. Thank u.
Hello there. I have tried this recipe and its simply delicious. To be honest I never used to have shrikhand, as the ones I have tasted so far were not that good. I just tried to make this version cause my brother loves shrikhand and I thought to make some for him, but when I tried it…I couldn’t stop eating…I think I only did stop cause I had to keep some for my brother… We had it with puris…
Keep it up…
Thank you
Hi Aunty,i like your cooking.Please submitt some new northindian dishes
You can also mix 2 cups of sour cream to thick yogurt mixture. It will give more creamy texture to shrikhand. I do it the same way very often.
If using sour cream, be aware it has much more fat and calories than yogurt per serving.
Ya absolutely true..but in this recipe whole milk yogurt is used. We can use 1% milk yogurt and get the creamy texture.
Thanks.
Hi,
Did you use 2% milk yogurt or whole milk yogurt for this?
Thanks,
Anu,
I used whole milk yogurt.
Thank you for your recipes.
You can use greek yogurt. Saves time and do not have to drain the water. However, best thick texture only can be achieved by homemade yougurt.
Thankyou for sending this recipes. We like very much