Indian Ice Cream With Pistachios Pista Kulfi Food

PISTA KULFI

Steps:

• Remove the crust from all sides of the bread and cut the bread in small pieces.
• Blend bread pieces, cornstarch, and a 1/2 cup of milk, making smooth paste and set aside.
• Boil remaining milk (3.5 cups) in nonstick frying pan on medium high heat. Stir milk as needed to keep milk from burning on the bottom of the frying pan. Stir the sides of the pan to avoid scalding.
• After milk comes to boil, let the milk boil for another 12 minutes. The goal is to boil the milk from 3 1/2 cups to 2 1/2 cups.
• Add the bread mixture to the milk in frying the pan and cook for another 4 minutes, reducing the heat to medium. Bread and cornstarch are added to reduce the water crystallizing in kulfi during freezing.
• Next add sugar and pistachios and cook for 2 more minutes. Turn off the heat and add cardamom powder.
• Cool the milk to room temperature and pour into a bowl,
• Take cellophane wrap and place it right over the milk covering it completely. Note: It is important that the cellophane wrap touches the milk.
• Put it in freezer. It will take about 7 hours for the kulfi to be ready to serve.

PISTA KESAR KULFI (PISTACHIO AND SAFFRON KULFI)

Steps:

• Pour the evaporated milk, cream, and sugar into a saucepan and bring the mixture to a gentle boil, stirring it fairly frequently to ensure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
• When it starts to boil, turn the heat down, add the ground pistachios and saffron, and simmer for around 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a bowl and leave to cool down, then put in the fridge. When it is cold, pour into kulfi molds or a freezable container, cover and freeze for 2 to 3 hours.
• To remove the kulfis from their molds, dip them into hot water for a second, turn them upside down over a plate, and give them a sharp tap on the top.
• Serve with a sprinkling of chopped pistachios.

CHOCOLATE KULFI (ICE CREAM)

Steps:

• Heat milk and cardamom pods together in a large, heavy saucepan; bring to boil, then simmer vigorously until liquid is reduced to 1/3 of original amount.
• Strain the liquid into a heat-proof bowl, discarding the cardamom, then stir in the sugar and chocolate until melted.
• Add the almonds and half of the pistachios, then leave to cool.
• Pour mixture into a large freezer-proof container, cover and freeze for at least 2 hours (or until firm), stirring every 30mins.
• Pack the kulfi into 6 yogurt pots or any freezer-proof molds/cups, cover with clingfilm and freeze for 8 hours, or until completely solid.
• To serve, dip the base of the molds briefly into hot water, then unmold kulfi onto dessert plates.
• Sprinkle with remaining pistachios and serve immediately.

INDIAN ICE CREAM (KULFI)

Steps:

• Remove labels from cans of evaporated milk and put the cans in pan with tight fitting lid. Fill the pan with water to reach three quarters up the cans.Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. When cool, remove and chill cans in fridge 24 hours.
• Open cans and empty milk into a large, chilled bowl. Whisk until it doubles in quantity, then fold in whisked egg whites and confectioners' sugar.
• Gently fold in remaining ingredients, seal the bowl with plastic wrap and leave in freezer 1 hour.
• Remove the ice cream from freezer,and mix well with a fork. Transfer to a freezer container and return to the freezer for a final setting. Remove from freezer 10 minutes before serving in scoops.