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.
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.
Shruti says
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!
Madhavi says
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.
Tina says
Beautiful pictures!! it looks so delicious!!
srilekha says
halo spicykitchen
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Paru says
Lassi looks cool and yummy..
thanks!!!
Ramya says
Wow,that sounds so cool and yummy!lassi is really diff 🙂 and orange basundi also...
thanks!!!
Padma says
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!
Apple says
Basundi looks lovely Usha...Orange peel flowers baavunnayi
Thanks!!! Welcome back!!! Missed your encouraging comments...
Lisa says
It looks lovely! Would you consider this to be like a dessert "soup"? I'm unsure of the end texture...
Aparna says
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.
Amu says
As usual...Great Post...:-)
The Deco in the end looks awesome...