Curdled milk is called chenna. It is another name for paneer or cottage cheese

How to make Curdled milk?

You can either use 2-3 tbsp vinegar or lime juice for making curdled milk

What are the alternatives if chenna is not available?

You can directly buy paneer from the market from the shop and use that

Can we vary the amount of sugar we add in the dessert?

You can vary the sugar according to your taste

Is adding milk powder mandatory?

If you have milk powder available with you, you can add it or you can skip it completely

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Kalakand Recipe | Indian Milk Dessert

Indian Cuisine

Prep Time20 min

Cook Time1 hr

Servings4

DifficultyMedium

1910 cal76g protein229g carbs77g fat

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This recipe is also available in Hindi (हिंदी)

Kalakand is an Indian sweet dessert. It is prepared using condensed milk and chenna/paneer/curdled milk. It is famous all over India and prepared a lot during the festival season. The process is pretty simple. Do try it and let us know what do you think.

Ingredients

125 gms Sugar
3 tbsp vinegar
2 tsp Ghee/Oil
1 tsp Saffron
2 tbsp Milk Powder - 3 tablespoons
2000 ml milk powder

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Instructions

1
Take 2 liters of milk in a pan and cook it till it comes to a boil.
2
Out of this 2 liters , we will keep aside 1/2 liter aside
3
From the remaining milk we will make paneer/cottage cheese/chenna.
4
Add 3 tbsp of vinegar to the milk. Milk will curdle
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We need to filter the curdled milk now. For this take a filter(channi).
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Place a cloth over it.
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Pour the curdle milk over the cloth to drain all the water off.
8
Pour cold water over the chenna to remove all the sourness in it.
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This step is important or else the taste of the final dessert will not be good.
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Drain out all the water from the chenna and place it aside.
11
Remove all the water from the chenna.
12
Crush the chenna with a potato smasher.
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Keep the chenna/paneer aside. We will use it later.
14
From the remaining half liter milk, we will prepare condensed milk
15
We will start boiling the milk.
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We will take 2 tbsp of milk aside in a bowl and add kesar to it. The milk will turn yellow. We will use this yellow milk later.
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We will boil it on lower flame so that it does not burn.
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After the milk has become sufficiently thick we will add 125gms of sugar to it.
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As we add sugar ,the milk turns thin again hence we are adding it in small portions. You can add more sugar if you want the malakand to be more sweet.
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After the milk has become sufficiently thick, we will add the chenna to the condensed milk.
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Cook everything on low flame.
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Add 2 tbsp Milk Powder to it. Mix and cook everything for a few minutes till the mixture becomes almost dry.
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After the mixture completely dries off, divide it into two portions and take out one of portions out.
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In the remaining portion add the kesar milk. This will make the mixture a bit thin.
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Cook it for few minutes on low flame.
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We are adding yellow food color to the mixture. You can skip this step completely.
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After the mixture has dried off, switch off the flame and let it cool down. It is time to assemble the white and yellow portions of the kalakand.
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For this take a small bowl or a cup.
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Apply some ghee (clarified butter) on the inside of the bowl.
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Add the yellow mixture to the bowl and press it down with a spoon.
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Add the white mixture on top of it.
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Now take a spoon. Hold it from the front and add some ghee on the handle. Now carefully scrape the sides of the bowl.
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Place the bowl upside down over a plate and tap it three or four times.
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The kalakand will automatically come out in shape. Adjust the shape a bit. It is very easy. You can make any shape with the kalakand.
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Your Kalakand is ready. Enjoy!!!

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