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    Basundi Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Basundi Recipe, is a traditional milk based Indian sweet made using milk, nuts, cardamom, saffron and sugar. Milk is reduced with sugar and nuts till it thickens and gets a kheer like consistency. Basundi sweet is best when served cold for special occasions.

    basundi served with nuts and saffron garnish

    Basundi Recipe

    I have been getting so many request to share this recipe in my blog. Basundi is nothing but reduced milk with lots of sugar and nuts in it. The flavour comes from nuts and condensed milk. It makes a rich dessert for any special occasion. Anyone can make this sweet, the one thing which you have to do is keep reducing the milk and keep stirring it often, so nothing burns in the bottom.

    Table of Contents

    • About Basundi Sweet Recipe
    • Watch Basundi Sweet Video
    • Basundi Sweet Ingredients
    • Expert Tips
    • How to Make Basundi (Stepwise Pictures)
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Basundi Recipe | Basundi Sweet Recipe

    About Basundi Sweet Recipe

    Basundi is made with milk which is cooked for longer time with sugar and condensed milk till it thickens kheer like texture. This is a rich milk-based sweet. The main ingredient is milk, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, nuts and flavourings.

    Basundi is very similar to rabdi. Both are made with milk, sugar and nuts. But Basundi sweet is creamier, thinner and smoother in consistency. Usually rabdi is less in sweet which is usually accompanied with other desserts like gulab jamun, rasgulla, shahi tukda.

    Traditionally Basundi is made by reducing milk for hours till it thickens. It is constantly mixed to get the creamy texture. Finally finely chopped nuts, saffron and ground cardamom is added.

    More Milk Based Sweets to Try

    • Rasgulla
    • Kalakand
    • Rasmalai
    • Milk Poli
    • Paal Kova
    • Malpua
    • Milk Peda

    Watch Basundi Sweet Video

    YouTube video

    Basundi Sweet Ingredients

    ingredients for basundi

    Full Fat Milk - Use full fat milk with higher cream content for richness. Higher cream and fat content milk will give thicker creamier basundi.

    Sweetened Condensed Milk - sugar and milkmaid provides creamy, flowy and smooth basundi.

    Flavourings - saffron, cardamom, nutmeg are essential flavourings you can add in basundi. You can add a dash of rose water & kewra water for floral aroma.

    Nuts - I add finely chopped cashews, badam and pistachios.

    close shot of basundi

    Basundi Preparation (3 Easy Steps)

    Reducing Milk

    Take milk, sugar, condensed milk in a big pan and heat it up. Bring it to a boil, simmer the pan and cook on medium heat, keep mixing till it thickens. Fold in the milk solids into the milk mix and cook till reduced in half.

    Flavouring Baundi

    Take it off the heat and add cardamom, saffron, nuts.

    Serving

    Pour into a bowl and chill in fridge. Serve cold.

    basundi served cold in a bowl

    Expert Tips

    • Use full fat milk for this process. Keep mixing when reducing the milk. 
    • Sweetened condensed milk adds richness and creamy smooth texture.
    • Any finely chopped nuts can be added in the basundi.
    • Rose extract, saffron and nutmeg can be used as flavourings.

    Storage & Serving

    • Basundi can be stored in fridge for upto a week.
    • Serve basundi warm or cold.
    a spoonful of basundi sweet

    How to Make Basundi (Stepwise Pictures)

    1)Take milk in a sauce pan. Use full fat cream milk for best taste.

    take milk in a sauce pan

    2)Add in sugar to taste.

    add sugar to milk

    3)Add in sweetened condensed milk. Condensed milk adds thickness, creaminess and taste to the dish.

    add milkmaid to milk

    4)Heat milk in a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil and cook till it reduced in half.

    cook milk on high heat

    5)keep mixing so the milk reduce faster and it thickens faster. Make sure it doesn't burn in the bottom.

    milk coming to boil

    6)The milk solids will form on top of the milk. Scrape and fold that into the milk mix. This adds richness and thickness to the basundi.

    milk solids forming on top

    7)These are the milk solids which is essential for basundi.

    mix milk solids into the milk

    8)Mix well till the milk solids thickens.

    cook milk till reduced in half

    9)Now the mixture has reduced half way through.

    milk reduced

    10)Add in a pinch of ground cardamom for flavour. You can add rose extract, saffron.

    add ground cardamom to milk

    11)Add in finely chopped nuts like cashews, almonds, pistachios.

    add chopped nuts

    12)Add in a pinch of saffron.

    add saffron

    13)Mix well. Now basundi is ready to serve.

    basundi ready to serve

    More Milk Sweets

    • Arisi Payasam Recipe (Rice Kheer)
    • Malpua Recipe
    • Kaju Pista Roll Recipe
    • Milk Powder Burfi Recipe(Milk Barfi)
    • Gulab Jamun Recipe
    • Rasgulla Recipe

    📖 Recipe Card

    Basundi Recipe | Basundi Sweet Recipe

    Basundi Recipe, is a traditional milk based Indian sweet made using milk, nuts, cardamom, saffron and sugar. Milk is reduced with sugar and nuts till it thickens and gets a kheer like consistency. Basundi sweet is best when served cold for special occasions.
    3.78 from 9 votes
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 532kcal

    Ingredients

    • 1½ litre Full Fat Milk
    • 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (400 ml)
    • 3 tbsp Sugar
    • ½ tsp Ground Cardamom
    • ¼ cup Almonds chopped finely
    • ¼ cup Cashews chopped finely
    • ¼ cup Pistachios chopped finely
    • a pinch Saffron

    Instructions

    • Take milk, sugar, condensed milk in a big pan and heat it up. Bring it to a boil, simmer the pan and cook on medium heat, keep stiring.
    • Milk solids will form in the top. fold that into the milk mix. Keep cooking till it gets thick and reduced in half.
    • Take it off the heat and add all the other ingredients. mix well.
    • Pour into a bowl and chill in fridge for few hours. Serve cold.

    Video

    YouTube video

    Notes

    • Use full fat milk for this process. Keep mixing when reducing the milk. 
    • Any finely chopped nuts can be added in the basundi.
    • Rose extract, saffron and nutmeg can be used as flavourings

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servings | Calories: 532kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 183mg | Potassium: 713mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 594IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 523mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. shiga s

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      Wow... yummy one.... my fav sweet ll try it today itself

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    2. Surya

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      Good receipe with pictorial. Can this be done without condensed milk?

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    3. Aarthi

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      @SuryaU can skip condensed milk, but add more sugar

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    4. Anonymous

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      I tried it and it was tummylicious 😉
      Love your recipes.

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    5. Purnima Selvamurugan

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      I am in your blog most of the time nowadays.. All pictures wrt each cooking is fantabulous.
      Btw, one doubt wrt measurement. One cup of condensed milk which you used means 200 ml ?

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    6. Aarthi

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      @Purnima Selvamuruganmy 1 cup measures 240 ml

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    7. Magees kitchen

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      Drooling....

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    8. chitra

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      I tried it.....it was yummy

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    9. Anonymous

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      I tried this.. my son loved it. Thanx a lot for this wonderful recipe.

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    10. Anonymous

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      Reduce the milk to half the quantity?

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    11. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyou have to keep boiling and cooking the milk for quite some time. This makes it reduce and get thick

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    12. Anonymous

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      Hi, do we need to use sweet condensed milk or normal one. i think these 2 are available in market

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    13. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousit is sweetened condensed milk

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    14. Anonymous

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      Thanks aarthi for this wonderful recipe. I hav tried ur many recipes and those item was too much tasty. I loved to cook for my family. I want to know 1 thing that can i use powder milk to make basundi? If yes then how much i need?

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    15. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes, just mix 1 cup of powdered milk will 1 cup of water and heat it till it thick, follow the process

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    16. Anonymous

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      Looks so tempting . I tried. Your description is very easy for beginners itself. I tried eggless zebra cake . Output is perfect. Thank u so much.

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    17. Sai Gargeyi Kondepi

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      Hi Aarthi. I love all your veggie recipes. Tried a bunch of them and they turned out good. What's Thad measurement of sugar to use if we replace condensed milk? I tried this recipe with condensed milk and turned out excellent. Now I wan to try with sugar

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    18. Anonymous

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      Please tell what is podi? And what could be used as replacement for safran

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    19. Anonymous

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      How long v can keep dis duratiom.

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    20. divya prasanna

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      I tried it and its cames too tasty...love da recipe and am big fan of yours cooking mam....

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    21. Pearl Anand

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      Is saffron too necessary for this dish

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    22. Nita

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      I tried this yesterday and came out yummy. Easy to make and so tasty. Thanks for sharing the recipe,

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    23. swarna

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      looks very yummy how many cups is 1 liter

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    24. Sujata

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      My basundi has becomes rabdi. How can I turn it to basundi. Please help

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    25. Stumbit

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      Rich creamy dessert of India. Is that ok to do without condensed milk .Because i think it may add up too much sweetness to basundhi.

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      • Aarthi

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        yes ofcourse you can skip sweetened condensed milk. You can adjust the sugar level according to your taste. Also remember if you skip condensed milk you might need to reduce the milk even further.

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