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.

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