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Madhyapradesh · Dessert

Shahi Shikanji (Milk-Based Drink with Dry Fruits — Dessert Style)

Traditional 11. Shahi Shikanji recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 1 litre whole milk (6% fat minimum)
• 250ml curd (yogurt), whisked
• 12 blanched almonds, soaked
• 12 cashew nuts, soaked
• 15ml raisins
• 15–20 saffron strands
• 4 green cardamom pods
• 100g sugar
• 5ml rose water (kewra)

👩‍🍳 How to make Shahi Shikanji

1. Soak almonds, cashews, raisins in separate bowls for 30 minutes in hot water
2. Peel soaked almonds; slice thin
3. Crush cardamom seeds coarsely
4. Rinse heavy pan with water to prevent milk from scorching
5. Heat milk to 95°C (bring to rolling boil), using basundi plate (ceramic disc) if available to distribute heat
6. Add ¼ cup warm milk to saffron strands; soak while milk reduces
7. Reduce heat to low; continue heating milk, stirring occasionally and scraping cream from pan sides back into milk
8. Continue for 45 minutes until milk reduces to approximately ½ litre (creamy, thick)
9. Add saffron milk to reduced milk; stir for 1 minute
10. Cool milk completely to room temperature
11. Strain curd through muslin cloth over bowl (hang 30 minutes) to create thick Greek yogurt-like consistency
12. Blend peeled almonds, cashews, and sugar in blender until fine paste
13. Add hung curd to blended nut mixture
14. Blend smooth for 2 minutes
15. Add cooled saffron milk; blend until smooth
16. Add crushed cardamom seeds and raisins; blend briefly
17. Add rose water
18. Strain through fine sieve to remove any nut skin particles
19. Refrigerate minimum 12 hours
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