Basundi

Maharashtra’s reduced-milk dessert — thick, creamy, cardamom-scented, with nuts in every spoonful. Follow the full recipe card below — ingredients, timings, and method included.

Basundi

Maharashtra's reduced-milk dessert — thick, creamy, cardamom-scented, with nuts in every spoonful.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 litres full-fat milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • Saffron, cardamom, nuts

Method
 

  1. Boil the milk in a heavy wide pot; reduce on medium-low, scraping the cream from the sides back in — that's the basundi texture.
  2. Reduce by half (35-40 minutes).
  3. Add sugar, saffron, and cardamom; simmer 5 more minutes.
  4. Chill or serve warm with nuts scattered.

Notes

Those scraped-off cream layers folded back in are what make basundi (and rabri) rich — don't skip them.