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    Home » By Category » Desserts & Sweets » Sweets

    Published: Aug 22, 2008 · Modified: Dec 26, 2019 by usha

    Orange Basundi

    I am not a big fan of Indian desserts or sweets. I prefer cakes, ice-creams, soufflés and mousses to the traditional Indian desserts. Basundi and couple of other sweets are an exception. Last month, when I saw Nupur's Orange Basundi recipe, I knew I would like. I followed her orange basundi recipe with an addition of 1 small can of mandarin oranges.

    orange basundi

    Cooking Time: 1 hour
    Serves: 5-6

    Ingredients:
    • 4 cups 2% Milk
    • 4 tablespoon Non Fat Dry Milk Powder
    • 1 can or 14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
    • ½ teaspoon Cardamom seeds Powder
    • Few Strands of Saffron
    • 1 teaspoon Orange Zest
    • 2 Oranges peeled and segmented
    • 1 small can (8 ¼ oz) Mandarin Oranges

    Preparation:

    • Mix milk, dry milk powder and condensed milk in a big sauce pan. Put it on a stove and bring it to a boil, stirring it constantly. Once it comes to a boil, simmer it for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring it occasionally, until it reduces to half its quantity. Make sure the milk doesn’t burn at the bottom of the pan.
    • Add cardamom powder and saffron to milk and let it cool.
    • While the milk is simmering, zest and peel the oranges, and segment them.
    • Once the milk is cold, add the orange zest, segments and canned mandarin oranges.
    • Chill the basundi for at least an hour before serving it.

    Note:

    • I used 1 can of condensed milk and found it a little sweeter to my taste. Adjust the sweetness according to your taste.
    • I used 2% milk and dry milk powder.  This can be substituted with whole milk instead.
    • A variation to this basundi is substituting oranges with pineapple chunks. I have not tried it but I am sure it would taste as delicious as orange basundi.
    orange basundi

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    1. Shruti says

      December 03, 2009 at 7:03 am

      Hi.. thats a lovely thing.. orange basundi. I tried sitafal/ custard apple once.. and it was just mind blowing. I would suggest, even if you don't want to put any condensed milk and just be patient for the milk to thicken a bit.. it tastes just great!

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    2. Madhavi says

      September 16, 2008 at 1:37 pm

      Awesome post, I jus saw ur entry n RC. Basundi look mouth-drooling, yummmmmm!!!

      Thanks MAdhavi and thanks to Nupur for sharing this recipe with us.

      Reply
    3. Tina says

      September 04, 2008 at 2:01 pm

      Beautiful pictures!! it looks so delicious!!

      Reply
    4. srilekha says

      September 02, 2008 at 5:31 am

      halo spicykitchen
      i haven't received ur mail for the event and so i failed to publish it! anyway, do not worry, i'll update the roundup with ur entries in a day or two and cheer up!

      Reply
    5. Paru says

      August 26, 2008 at 9:56 pm

      Lassi looks cool and yummy..

      thanks!!!

      Reply
    6. Ramya says

      August 26, 2008 at 8:21 pm

      Wow,that sounds so cool and yummy!lassi is really diff 🙂 and orange basundi also...

      thanks!!!

      Reply
    7. Padma says

      August 26, 2008 at 9:55 am

      Orange basundi is really new concept ra! Nice and lovely pics with orange peels and juz wondering how are u keeping track of all the food events going on!

      Reply
    8. Apple says

      August 25, 2008 at 8:06 am

      Basundi looks lovely Usha...Orange peel flowers baavunnayi

      Thanks!!! Welcome back!!! Missed your encouraging comments...

      Reply
    9. Lisa says

      August 25, 2008 at 12:59 am

      It looks lovely! Would you consider this to be like a dessert "soup"? I'm unsure of the end texture...

      Reply
    10. Aparna says

      August 24, 2008 at 12:07 am

      This is a dessert I like as well. I make a different version from one of my cookbooks, but it is good.
      Thanks for participating in MBP: Fruit Fare.

      Reply
    11. Amu says

      August 23, 2008 at 6:26 am

      As usual...Great Post...:-)
      The Deco in the end looks awesome...

      Reply

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