Healthy Dry fruits Kulfi

Ingredients :

Milk – 1 litre + ½ cup

Dried Anjeer – 2

Dates ( Khajoor ) – 3

Pista –5

Badam – 5

Powdered Sugar – 1 cup

Saffron ( Kesar ) – A pinch

Cardamom powder – A pinch

Water – As required for soaking

Method :

Soak  1 anjeer, 3 dates, 4 pista, 4 badam in ½ cup of water overnight.

Soak saffron in 1 tsp of water for 2 hours.

Grind the soaked mixed dry fruits into a smooth paste by adding ½ cup of milk ( do not add water again ).

Chop the remaining dry fruits into small pieces and keep aside.

In a deep bottomed pan, add a litre of milk. Stir continuously and reduce the milk to one third of its quantity on low flame. Add the ground paste, powdered sugar and chopped dry fruits pieces to the milk and cook further for 5 minutes stir continuously. Remove from flame. Add a pinch of cardamom powder and soaked saffron to the cooked mixture and mix evenly.

Pour the above cooked mixture into kulfi moulds, close with the lids and allow it to set in the freezer for 6 to 7 hours.

      Once mixture is set, de-mould the kulfi into the plates and garnish with chopped pista.

Healthy Dry fruits Kulfi is ready to serve.