Craving for some dessert, try this nutritious Amarkhand!! Amarkhand is an Indian Sweet Dish made with strained yogurt, mango pulp 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. In fact Xylitol doesn't cause any cavities like normal sugar and is safe for kids too.
I am holding off on those summer beverages and thought of posting my series of mango recipes. Summer is incomplete without mangoes and in tropical countries like India you get a variety of them. But in United States except for the Mexican variety and few of the Indian varieties you don't have much choices. Unless you have seen and tasted the Indian varieties of mangoes it is very difficult to comprehend what I am talking about. But these mangoes are good to go in variety of dishes like this and with still Summer around the corner, do try it out and let me know how you liked it.
Preparation Time -30 Minutes
Cooking Time - None
Serves - 2
Ingredients
Greek Yogurt - 2 Cups (16 oz)
Mango pulp(pureed) - 3/4 Cup
Powdered 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
Finely chopped mango pieces - 1/4 Cup (optional)
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, powdered xylitol, mango pulp, cardamom powder and the chopped nuts.
6) Chill it before serving and add chopped mangoes before serving.
32 comments:
Creamy, yummy n devourable :)
Us Masala
Wow lovely recipe...sooo yummy...:)
wow perfect desert ...looks so creamy...yum
yummy pic and recipe...i love mangoes...
Ramya
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looks fabulous, yummy and tempting.
wow, I have seen so many people using this Xylitol for sweetener. I guess I get to get my hands on it too. Love your recipe and pics :)
Delicious looking perfect dessert. Wonderful recipe.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Oh dear healthy and yummy dessert... I love mangoes and this one looks so inviting
yummy n yummy
Creamy and delicious. Very tempting.
Love the last click particularly. So creamy and yummy.
Vardhini
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I never knew about Xylitol.. that's some great dental care information you shared. This amarkhand looks creamy and lovely.
thick n creamy dessert..looks delicious..:)
Creamy & luscious!!! Love it!!
Prathima Rao
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Nice and yummy ....you got it just so rite
oohh...soo creamy and yummm!!!!
Gosh .. I love mangoes so much. I love amarkand too..I am drooling :D
so creamy n yummy...very nice pictures..loved it !!!
Never thought of using Greek yogurt.Thanks to you now I can quickly fix amarkand in a jiffy.
Oh wow..It is so creamy and yummy...
It looks fabulous and so original (I have never tasted any Indian dessert); Having tried some amazing mangoes from Mali (not bought in a shop, but brought by a relative) I fully understand what you can mean by really incredible mangoes...
nice twist to the traditional srikhand.
Loved this creamy texture of amarkand. Nice clicks. Yummy and lovely
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That is an excellent and refreshing treat! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
Yummy, looks inviting.
Thanks every one for your sweet comments. Really appreciate it.
simply superb, yummy dessert
Looks tempting and delicious
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Yum, this looks so good, decadent yet guilt free :-)
ciao
Alessandra
So simple and delish, WOW! Gotta try it before the mangoes disappear from the markets.
ooooooooooooh my that looks toooo good and creamy.. Wish I could grab that here ..so rich and drooling dessert.
simple awesome and very yummy
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