Jigarthanda Recipe (Madurai Jigarthanda Step by Step)
Jigarthanda Recipe, a popular Madurai special summer drink made with badam pisin, nannari syrup, reduced milk and khoya ice cream. There are few steps involved in this delicious madurai jigathanda which I have shared in this post.
Ingredients
For Khoya
- 2 litre Milk
- ½ cup Sugar
For Ice Cream Base & Reduced Milk
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
- ½ cup Cream
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
For Caramel
- 3 tablespoon Sugar (for Caramel)
For Blooming Badam Pisin
- 2 tablespoon Badam Pisin (Almond Gum)
- 1 cup Water
For Serving
- 12 tablespoon Nannari Sarbath
- 3 cup Milk or as needed
Instructions
- Making Khoya - Start by reducing milk for khoya. Take milk in a large pot along with sugar and bring it to a full boil. Once it starts to boil, cook for 20 mins till it is reduced by half. Leave around 1 ½ cups of milk in the pot and remove the remaining milk in a bowl and set aside. Now Boil the milk in the pot continuously till it thickens into khoya like texture. Add 2 tablespoon of sugar to milk when it thickens. So khoya forms faster.
- Make Caramel - Meanwhile make caramel in a separate pan. Heat 2 tablespoon sugar in a pan on heat till it melts and forms into dark caramel colour.
- Reduced Milk for serving - Now to the thickened khoya add the reserved milk and the caramel and mix well. Now remove ⅓rd of this reduced milk in a separate bowl. This is your reduced milk which we will use when serving. Store it covered in fridge.
- Make Ice cream Base - Now to the remaining reduced milk add in vanilla and cream and mix well. This is your ice cream base. Pour this into a freezer safe container and freeze for 6 hours. Once frozen remove the ice cream from freezer and scoop into a blender.Blend on high for 2 mins. Pour it back into the freezer safe container and freeze again till solid. Repeat this one more time for creamy ice cream.
- Blooming Badam Pisin - Wash badam pisin well. Add it to a bowl. Cover with water and let it soak for 1 hour or overnight. Badam pisin is bloomed.
- Serving Jigarthanda - Take a serving glass. Spoon in some badam Pisin, add 2 tablespoon nannari syrup, ¼ cup reduced milk, ½ cup regular milk and a scoop of ice cream. Serve immediately.
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Notes
- The ice cream can be made a week in advance and used.
- Soak badam Pisin in water for at least 1 hour. You can even even soak overnight.
- You can use store bought nannari syrup
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Jigarthanda Recipe (Madurai Jigarthanda Step by Step)
Serving Size
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
504
% Daily Value*
Fat
22
g
34
%
Saturated Fat
13
g
81
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
5
g
Cholesterol
78
mg
26
%
Sodium
196
mg
9
%
Potassium
731
mg
21
%
Carbohydrates
64
g
21
%
Sugar
64
g
71
%
Protein
16
g
32
%
Vitamin A
1046
IU
21
%
Vitamin C
0.1
mg
0
%
Calcium
590
mg
59
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.