Shrikhand Indian yogurt sweet - By Vahchef @ Vahrehvah.com

Shrikhand Indian yogurt sweet made with plain curd and sweetened with sugar and flavoured with safron and cardamom Shrikhand is a popular, classic, thick and delectable Indian yoghurt sweet commonly known all over India especially in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. It is one of the prime sweet delicacies from the Gujarati and Maharashtrian cuisines made with hung & strained yoghurt flavoured with saffron and cardamom. Ingredients 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder 500 grams Hung curd/ Yoghurt few drops Saffron colour few 0 Sliced pistachios and almonds 500 grams Sugar Directions: 1. Set milk to make yoghurt but do not rest it out for a long time as the yoghurt should be sweet and sour to make this sweet. 2. Take a muslin cloth and pour in the yoghurt and hang the yogurt for 2 to 3 hours to completely drain all the whey from it. 3. When the whey is completely drained off, take the thick yogurt into a bowl. 4. If you get about 500 gms of yogurt and add in 500 gms of sugar and mix well. Let this sit for about 2 to 3 hours in the refrigerator. Add some saffron colour and mix well. Stain this mixture through a strainer, this helps in removing off the milk solids if any. 5. Add cardamom powder and mix well. you can find detailed recipes at my website and also find many videos with recipes at http://www.vahrehvah.com/ simple easy and quick recipes and videos of Indian Pakistani and Asian Oriental foods "Reach vahrehvah at - Website - http://www.vahrehvah.com/ Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=vahchef Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VahChef.SanjayThumma Twitter - https://twitter.com/vahrehvah Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116066497483672434459 Flickr Photo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/23301754@N03/ Linkedin - http://lnkd.in/nq25sW Picasa Photos- http://picasaweb.google.com/118141140815684791742 Stumleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/vahrehvah Tumblr http://vahrehvah.tumblr.com/ Blogger - http://vahrehvah.blogspot.in/"