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Basundi recipe | instant basundi recipe | how to make basundi

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Chilling time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Dessert, Indian sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
 

  • 1 litre full fat milk
  • 1 tbsp corn flour
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 2 tbsp almond slits
  • 2 tbsp cashews pieces
  • 2 tbsp pistachio slits
  • ½ cup or 100 grm sugar
  • 1 cup or 100 grm khoya - mawa
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder

Instructions

  • In a pan, add some water and 1 litre of milk. Once the milk comes to a boil, start scraping the sides to remove the cream.
  • Now, in a bowl, add 1 tbsp of corn flour and 4 tbsp of chilled milk. Dissolve the corn flour and add it into the boiling milk.
  • Boil the milk for 3-4 minutes until it becomes slightly thick.
  • Then, in a pan, add 1 tsp of ghee and add 2 tbsp of almond slits, 2 tbsp of cashew pieces, and 2 tbsp of pistachio slits. Roast on low flame and take out onto a plate. Keep it aside.
  • Now, to prepare the caramelized sugar, take half a cup of sugar in a pan. Stir on low flame until the sugar dissolves. Continue to cook until the sugar turns golden brown. Caramelized sugar is ready.
  • Next, add the basundi milk into the sugar and dissolve the sugar in it.
  • Now, add 1 cup or 100 grams of mawa into the milk-sugar mixture and mix well until the mawa is dissolved in it.
  • Then, pour the sugar-mawa mixture into the milk and mix well.
  • Cook for 2 minutes until everything is well combined.
  • Furthermore, add ½ tsp of cardamom powder and the roasted dry fruit slits. Mix well.
  • Basundi is ready. Switch off the gas and transfer it into a bowl. Chill it before serving.

Notes

  • Boil milk for only 5-7 minutes so that its water content will evaporate.
  • Add only 1 tbsp of corn flour to thicken the milk.
  • You can use milk powder or add malai (milk solids) to the milk to give it thickness.
  • Roasting dry fruits in ghee enhances their flavor.
  • Melt sugar on a low flame until it caramelizes.
  • Instead of regular sugar, caramelized sugar enhances the taste of basundi.
  • Mawa adds creaminess and thickness to basundi.