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Kesar Kalakand Recipe

Kesar Kalakand Recipe with step by step pictures. Easy diwali sweet made with milk, sugar, nuts.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • Paneer / Cottage Cheese - 200 gms crumbled
  • Unsweetened Khoya - ½ cup Click here for recipe
  • Milk - ½ cup
  • Sugar - ¾ cup
  • Cardamom Powder / Yelakai - ½ tsp
  • Saffron - a pinch
  • Nuts - ¼ cup I used Almonds & Cashews
  • For Making Paneer :
  • Milk - 2 litre
  • Lemon Juice - 2 tblspn or as needed

Instructions

  • Start by making paneer. Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan.
  • Once it comes to a boil, add in lemon juice and mix well.
  • It will start to curdle. Once it is completely curdled. Switch off the flame.
  • Line a colander with cheese cloth( I used a clean towel). Drain this mixture over it.
  • Wash the paneer with lots of cold water to get rid of all the sourness from the lemon juice.
  • Squeeze the paneer with your hands and leave them to drain for 2 hours, Squeeze often whenever you pass across them.
  • After that, crumble them with your hands and set aside.
  • Now let's make the kalakand. Take a non stick pan. Add in paneer, khoya and milk. Mix well and bring this to a boil.
  • It will get thick and creamy. Now add in sugar and mix well.
  • Boil this for 10-12 mins. Keep stirring often. Now they will get thick and leave the sides of the pan.
  • Now add in cardamom powder, saffron and mix well.
  • Grease a pan with some ghee. Transfer this mixture in that. Sprinkle some nuts on top and press them.
  • Leave it set for 2 hours. I left them in the fridge.
  • Now cut them into bars and serve.
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