Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Sugar free Shrikhand (Yummy, Creamy Yogurt Cheese Dessert)

Craving for some dessert, try this nutritious shrikhand!! Shrikhand is an Indian Sweet Dish made with strained yogurt and by mixing it with sugar, saffron, cardamom and nuts.  Instead of the sugar, I have replaced it with Xylitol and you can absolutely not tell much difference in the taste of Xylitol on dairy based desserts. Xylitol is a sugar alcohol sweetener used as naturally occurring sugar substitute. For people with diabetes stop using all artificial sweeteners and try substituting with Xylitol or stevia which doesn't have any side effects. In fact Xylitol doesn't cause any cavities like normal sugar and is safe for kids too.



It normally takes several hours for straining the yogurt and to get a thick yogurt cheese. So I substituted Greek Yogurt. Do not directly add all these ingredients to the Greek yogurt, because it is still yogurt with some water left out and we don't need thick yogurt for making Shrikhand but need yogurt cheese



Preparation Time -30 Minutes

Cooking Time - None

Serves - 2



Ingredients



Greek Yogurt - 2 Cups (16 oz)



Xylitol - 1/4 Cup or more based on taste



Saffron - Few Strands



Warm Milk - 1 Tablespoon



Sliced toasted nuts- 1 Tbsp



Cardamom powder - 1/4 Tsp



Method



1) Place the yogurt in a cheese cloth and squeeze out the excess water from the yogurt.( Make sure you don't squeeze out the yogurt and only the water).



2) Place this cloth in strainer with a bowl underneath and set this aside for 30 minutes to drain any more excess water.



3) Soak the saffron strands in warm milk and set this aside.



4) Now take the yogurt from the cheese cloth and wrap it in paper towel and place a flat bottomed heavy weight object for 5-10 minutes. The excess water any left out will be absorbed by the paper towel. Repeat the process with another 4 to 5 towels and voila you will have the thick, creamy yogurt.



5) Now add the saffron soaked  milk, xylitol, cardamom powder and the chopped nuts.



6) Chill it before serving and garnish with more nuts or chopped fruits before serving.



Event Participation



1) Sending this Shrikhand to the Holi Aayi Re an event by Show and Tell.

29 comments:

Vimitha Anand said...

This is my hubbys fav... will surely try...

aipi said...

Greek yogurt works really well for srikhand..yours came out really well.Loved the texture very much n now am craving for some :)

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Suman Singh said...

WOW, that looks tempting..shrikhand is one of my favorite too..btw, thanks for your lovely comment @ blog..appreciated!

ila said...

hooo Yummy and tempting :) I ll try t :)

Selvi Shan said...

where do u buy xylitol?

Priya said...

I love greek yogurt for making shrikhand, ur sugar free version tempts me a lot..

Sensible Vegetarian said...

Thanks everybody for your sweet comments.
Selvi the first time I bought, I bought it from my local VitaminShoppe(The Ultimate Brand) to try out in small quantity. Now I use this a lot, so the ones in Vitamishoppe are very expensive, I buy in bulk from vitacost.com (xylosweet brand).

Padma said...

Looks so creamy and delicious. Love the way you use xylitol.

mangocheeks said...

I do love the sound of this, but I am unfamiliar with the ingredeint Xylitol - I will have to look into it a bit more and see what other ways I would use it. Thanks for sharing.

Swathi said...

Sugar free shrikhand looks delicious and yummy.

Premalatha Aravindhan said...

Yummy version ,luks so delicious...

My attempt at The Julie/Julia project said...

Wow that looks super delicious :)
thanks a lot for stopping by my blog and ur encouragement :)

The Foodie said...

Using greek yoghurt sounds so good for shrikhand..but have never tried xylitol..definitely a healthier option.

Padhu said...

Your sugar free version sounds very interesting






Dr.Sameena Prathap
said...

Hey,

Yummy and rich looking shrikand...:)

Dr.Sameena@

http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/

Kalpana Sareesh said...

looks delicious..but not sure of these 2 ingredients available in chennai ..(Greek Yogurt n Xylitol)will look at the pictures for some more time..

Priti said...

Looks yummy ....ofcoz sugarfree is sone pe suhaga ;)

sharada said...

now i badly need to hunt for xylitol....i luv shrikhand...my grandmom would make the yummiest shrikhand...looks so yummy!

arthi said...

looks really tempting!!

Simply Life said...

oh this looks great!

Now Serving said...

Wow what a wonderful treat - I was feeling in the mood for a yummy sweet but had to make do with a glass of sweetened milk :(( Wish I could grab some of that :)

Miriam said...

Greek Yogurt makes the best desserts! Have a beautiful weekend :), Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

Prathibha said...

Shrikand looks really creamy n delicious..looks very nice..

Sweet Artichoke said...

Yummy! It is very hard to resist shrikhand and Greek yogurt, so if they are together, it is impossible!

Malar Gandhi said...

Sugar free sounds perfect' takes away the guilt' delicious preparation.

Arti said...

Wow... Shrikhand is one of my favourite desserts... This looks delicious, tempting pics!!
Thanks for liking my blog, keep coming over.
Have a wonderful day:-)

Gulmohar said...

This sure looks too good.Lovely hue from saffron :-)

MegSmith @ Cooking.In.College said...

This sounds absolutely delicious, I love Greek yogurt for dessert. I have never added saffron to it before but it really sounds great.

I just found your blog and I LOVE the concept and your recipes. I can't wait to come back and read more.

Corina said...

I've never heard of this before but it looks and sounds delicious - I'm a big cardamom fan.

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