Basundi
Basundi is an Indian dessert dish made with full cream milk, sugar, cardamom, saffron and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 45 mins
- Calories (estimate)
- ~260 kcal
- Course
- Dessert
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
What goes into Basundi. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Full cream milk
- Sugar
- Cardamom
- Saffron
- Almonds
- Pistachios
Method
- 1Boil milk on low heat, stirring continuously
- 2Reduce to half the quantity
- 3Add sugar, cardamom, saffron
- 4Continue cooking until thick and creamy
- 5Garnish with nuts, serve chilled or warm
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
