I think, Ganesha is the most adored God among so many Gods in Hindu culture. He is equally loved and worshipped by adults as well as children.
I am sure, in every house celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi today, Modaks must have been made for Bappa!! In our family, Ganesh Chaturthi has a dual importance as it is my Dad's birthday as well. So every year my mother used to make two sweets, Modaks for Bappa and some other sweet for Dad. Me being a 'Daddy's girl' since my childhood, this day is surely a very special day for me. So today, I am going to share my Dad's favourite dessert, which is 'Shrikhand'.
Happy Birthday Baba!! This one is for you!!
Ingredients & Recipe-
Yogurt 1 litre
(Thicker the yogurt,creamier will be the Shrikhand. So weight watchers beware)
Sugar 2 cups
Nutmeg 1/2
Almonds and cashew nuts chopped 3/4 each
Saffron & Pistachios for garnishing
Milk if required
If you want to eat the authentic Shrikhand, you have to be ready to do some preliminaries. Don't worry,it's not that difficult. if you want the Shrikhnd for tomorrow, you have to hang the yogurt overnight. that gives us the perfect 'Hung curd'.
For this, take a muslin cloth and place it over a colander. Pour the yougurt in it.Tie the end of the cloth and hang it over your sink overnight.
Over the night, all the water from the yogurt will drip and you will get the thich hung curd in the morning.
Take this hung curd in a bowl and sugar in it. Blend it with a hand blender. At this stage, if it too thick, you can add some milk to it to adjust the consistency. Now add grated nutmeg and chopped nuts and mix well.
Take it out in a serving bowl and garnish with blanched pistachios and saffron.
It goes really well with poori & dry potato curry.
Other variations of Shrikhand can be made by adding fruit pulps like mango,strawberry,litchi or gulkand. But my favourite one is the authentic Shrikhand.
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