Srikhand

Srikhand is a flavored creamy Indian dessert made of plain yogurt. Widely popular in Gujarat cuisine and Maharashtra cuisine, Shrikhand is prepared by hung yogurt. Plain yogurt is tied in muslin cloth and hung for couple of hours to let go most of the watery content leaving a thick creamy yogurt. It is then blended with fruits like mangoes or strawberries and garnished with same in chopped form.

Shrikhand can be flavored in numerous imaginative ways with various dried nuts and seasonal fruits. Most popular of shrikhand are mango shrikhand also called amarkhand, kesar pista shrikhand having loads of pistachios and yogurt flavored with saffron.




What you need-

1 1/2 cups Yogurt
Strawberries 5-6
Sugar / Honey as per your taste

Way to Make Srikhand-

Tie plain yogurt in a clean muslin cloth and hang it in refrigerator (tie the ends to the rack) for 6 - 8 hours with a bowl underneath to collect the whey. Make sure to leave the yogurt for more than 10 hours.

Wash and hull the strawberries properly. Roughly chop the hulled strawberries and leave some for garnish.

Smoothly blend strawberries, hung yogurt and sugar. Taste, add more sweetness if necessary, blend and remove onto serving bowl.

Garnish the remaining with strawberries.

Serve Strawberry Srikhand in chilled form.