Kalakand Milk Burfi – Raksha Bandhan Recipe

Kalakand (milk barfi) a traditional Indian sweet also known as milk cakes !

When is Kalakand Milk Burfi made? Mostly made on Janmashtami (Lord Krishna’s birth), Durga puja, Raksha Bandhan and some more festive occasions in India. This sweeti is soft, tempting, healthy, tasty and is my favorite now. Thanks to my friend Swasti Arya I made an attempt to this special dessert. Hope Swasti Arya you like this recipe do lemme know your views Also the name heavenly as it tastes so yum that one can’t stop eating it.

There are lots of ways to make Kalakand Milk Burfi. However like usual I have chosen the tough way to make it. So please be patient while making this milk barfi. This is purely made with milk, chenna and sugar. What is chenna its Indian Cottage Cheese made home. You could also call use ready cottage cheese from the market. However making chenna (paneer) home is different fun. I have changed the pictures of this recipe as didn’t liked the previous pics. So I have slightly modified the recipe and pictures.

Also you could replace sugar with condensed milk and also add some milk powder. If you add milk powder the milk thickens much faster. Although I haven’t used I will still encourage you to use milk powder as the milk thickening process takes real long time. So if you add milk powder the time consumed will be much lesser. But this choice I leave upto you :)…

This Kalakand milk burfi comes with a twist. Instead of spreading them on a platter have shaped them in small tequila glasses. Also further to enhance its flavor and presentation have added frozen mango puree. This is optional you could go the regular plain jane way Or stylish way upto you

Check some of the Indian sweet recipes listed below:

• Karanji Goan Neuris
• Bengali Sandesh
• Ragi Wheat Ladoo
• Dudhi Halwa
• Doce de grao

Also check some special Raksha Bandhan recipes on this link…. http://www.flavorsofmumbai.com/festival-raksha-bandhan-recipes/

Honestly I had great fun styling kalakand and mangoes just give a tangy sweet flavor. Loved the dessert. Do try something unique on occasion of Raksha Bandhan!

Kalakand Milk Burfi step by step recipe follows. Detailed recipe you will find right at the bottom of the page.

Take 600 ml milk in a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Keep the heat on medium Or low mode. Allow the milk to boil. Once milk comes to a boiling point. Pour lime juice to it. Keep stirring for a minute more.

Switch off the gas and let the chenna settle down. You can allow the mixture to cool down. Now take a muslin cloth. Place it  on a vessel. Ensure muslin cloth covers the vessel from all sides. Now pour the chenna mixture over the cloth. Sieve through the cloth and remove the excess water.

You can keep a heavy object on the chenna this would help to extract excess water from it.

Your chenna (cottagecheese) is ready.

Unwrap the cloth and mash the paneer into tiny crumbs. Keep it aside.

Take another heavy bottomed saucepan. Add rest of 400 ml milk to it. Keep heat on medium mode.

Add homemade fresh chenna to it. Also add sugar. Keep stirring with a big spatula Or spoon until sugar dissolves. Add milk powder now and keep stirring one of the most difficult part.

Now let this mixture boil for another 20-25 mins Or until milk thickens and resembles soft lumps. Also keep stirring and be patient :)… Lastly add salt, cardamom-nutmeg powder to it.

Also once it’s done the mixture will start leaving the vessel edges. Pour this mixture into a greased plate Or vessel. Alternatively you could take small glasses Or cups. Add frozen mango puree upto half glass. Then add the kalakand in the rest of the glass. Place in the fridge for an hour Or so.

Now cut them into diamond shape Or square shapes. Decorate with chandi (silver) varak Or with some nuts. I never had varak available at home hence topped kalakhand with nuts and cherries. You could also decorate with rose petals.

Your Kalakand Milk Burfi is ready. Serve chilled on a platter with other festive sweets. Cut them into diagonal squares or diamond shape.

Notes for kalakand milk burfi:

• If you are lacking on time you could use readily available malai paneer and follow the same procedure.
• Also you could use 4 to 5 tbsp condensed milk instead of sugar.
• Some people also add saffron infused milk for yellow colored kalakhand.
• If you want more quantity just double up the quantity and make the kalakand.
• I have added mango puree you could add berry puree, orange puree, banana puree, avocado puree any fruit puree you like. But the puree has to be frozen.

Tagged as: Easy Sweets - Dessert, Eggless Recipe