Thursday, November 6, 2008

Khoya Kalakand


The Kalakand is a Bengali sweet dish. This is also very famous in Pakistan and Bangladesh. This is semi-homemade for two reasons. First, I use store-bought khoya. Second, I use powdered-sugar, which has corn-flour which serves as a thickening agent to milk so I don't have to boil it for hours. It serves the purpose well since it saves time and energy without affecting taste one bit. It comes out soft and sweet and it crumbles first and then melts in your mouth.

Ingredients:-


  • 2 cups Khoya, crumbled
  • 1-1/2 cup Whole Milk
  • 5 tbsp Powdered Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp cardamom Powder
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • Pinch of Nutmeg
  • Almonds, chopped

Method:-

1. Pour water in the pan. When it starts to boil, add milk.

2. Boil the milk once and turn down the heat and let milk simmer. Stir continuously.

3. After 10 minutes add powdered sugar.

4. Let it come to boil once with high on heat.

5. Add granulated sugar, nutmeg, and cardamom powder.

6. Let it simmer for 5 more minutes.

7. Add crumbled khoya and mix it up well with milk and let it simmer for 3-4 minutes only.

8. Grease deep dish or plate with ghee.

9. Pour Kalakand mixture and let it cool completely. Sprinkle chopped almond on top.

10. After that refrigerate it for 20 minutes.

11. Cut it into square pieces and serve.

Enjoy...

27 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Madhavi.How is your new home! Let me know whre u stay..An dkalakhand looks perfect..new to me!

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow looks gr8. I love the way u presented the recipe. I like the header also.

ST said...

Kaland looks scrumptious...Love the presentation!!!

Trish said...
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Trish said...

oh this looks soo good! i might try this recipe out in the near future! oh its me trish from cake decorating class btw! =)

Chandani said...

hey,madhavi, love this dish, will be making it soon!!

Unknown said...

Madhavi, it is quick and instant. Love the petals.

Purva Desai said...

Aao Padharo madam, kya khovay gaya hata.....
Khoya kalakand looks perfect and irresistible.....

Can you prepare the write up for Children's day by monday, if you are keen for children's day....so that we can announce the event when priti does round up....

Laavanya said...

Your description of it has me drooling and the picture.. is just too tempting.

Usha said...

Kalakand looks tempting...good presentation :-)

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

AM DROOLING ALL OVER NOW LOVELY PAV BHAJI AND I KEPT VISITNG YOUR BLOG TO CHECK OUT UR NEW POST NOW YOU HAVE COME OUT WITH THIS FINGER LICKING KALAKAND MMM

Cham said...

How r u? New recipe, I never knew there is corn starch in powder sugar! I adore this milk sweet! Looks divine!

Sagari said...

madhavi kalakand looks soooooo good

Kalai said...

Wow! Love the recipe. Have never tried this one before. Beautifully presented! :)

Finla said...

These look really yumm. Would love to have them for coffee

Suganya said...

Hi Madhavi,
This looks so cool. Love sweets made with khoya. Ur recipe is so comforting and YUM! Love it....

Sujatha said...

I made this sweet for diwali and have it posted in my blog! I made it with Paneer though.. your khoya version is very tempting.. next time will try your way :)

Deepthi Shankar said...

kalakand looks really yummy ..

Yasmeen said...

Sweet Kalakand,I enjoy it the most with roti:)

Manasi said...

Hey Madhavi,
This recipe is just begging to be tried! I have an award for you on my blog. Check it out.
http://kisss-the-cook.blogspot.com/2008/10/big-blogging-break-awards-and-heartfelt.html

anudivya said...

Awesome looks great... I made the microwave version a few days back, and was great... like yours better!

ranji said...

hi madhavi..really long time isnt it!!!:)..kalakhand is a new sweet to me...loks just like burfi...adding cornflour is an excellent idea..really saves time...this one looks fabulous..nice presentation:)

Uma said...

Hey hru Madhavi? kalakand looks great dear! easy and yummy.

Srikitchen said...

Join in the Sweet Event going in my blog!
http://srishkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/11/efm-event-for-month-november-with-theme.html

Sum Raj said...

wooo..superb garnishing...loved those lovly kalkand.

Indranee Batabyal said...

Absolutely perfect and looks fabulous with rose petals!!

Malar Gandhi said...

Awesome dude. Love kalakand! Like the way u decorated dear.