Strawberry Shrikhand Recipe

This recipe is a variety of the shrikhand using strawberry as the main ingredient. You may prepare this shrikhand with mango, raspberry, blueberry or any fruit of your choice.
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Summary

Preparation Time30 MinCooking Time10 Min
Ready In40 MinDifficulty LevelVery Easy
Health IndexAverageServings4
CuisineCourse
TasteFeel
MethodDish
Speciality, , Vegetarian
Main Ingredient, Interest Group, ,

Recipe Story

Shrikhand is an Indian sweet dish made of strained yogurt. It is one of the main desserts in Gujarati cuisine and Maharashtrian cuisine.The yogurt is tied and hung until all the water has drained off, the result being a thick and creamy yogurt. Dried and fresh fruit such as mango are also added. Other ingredients include sugar, cardamom powder, and saffron. Shrikhand is popular in western India.

Ingredients

 Strawberries4 Large
 Yogurt3 Cup (48 tbs)
 Cardamom2 , crushed
 Pistachios2 Tablespoon, chopped
 Sugar To Taste

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 156 Calories from Fat 77

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 9 g13.8%

Saturated Fat 4 g19.8%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 22 mg7.3%

Sodium 78.3 mg3.3%

Total Carbohydrates 12 g4.2%

Dietary Fiber 1.4 g5.5%

Sugars 10 g

Protein 8 g15.3%

Vitamin A 4.3% Vitamin C 28.6%

Calcium 21.8% Iron 3%

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

Directions

Place the yogurt in a muslin cloth. Hang it over a bowl (for 4 to 5 hrs) to drain off excess water.

Puree and strain the strawberries.

Beat the yogurt in a bowl until smooth. Add the pureed strawberries, cardamoms, pistachios and sugar.

Refrigerate.

Decorate with thin slices of strawberry and serve

Comments

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veg foodie says :

This would be great but the problem is its hard to find sweet and fresh strawberries... so i can only use canned ones.. i guess that will work? lemme knw plz :)
Posted on: 2 September 2009 - 2:21am
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