Shrikhand

Shrikhand (pronounced see-kan-d) is a traditional gujarati dessert, fantastic in summer to cool down. The recipe below, tastes similar to that of a cheese cake but has a much lighter and softer feel because of the yoghurt and cream. I am pretty sure many of you remember your mum or grandmum placing yoghurt in a muslin cloth waiting for the curd and water to seperate and than sieving through another muslin cloth to achieve the thick texture of traditional Shrikhand. With the short and sweet recipe below this will cost you nothing more than 5 minutes..... 

Ingredients: - 

500g Low Fat Greek Yoghurt

250g Cream Cheese ( Philadelphia I like to use the 98% fat free) 

250ml Thickened Cream 

3/4 cup of Sugar or Xylitol ( I prefer Xylitol as this is a very rich recipe) 

Elachi/cardamon Powder

Pistachio Nuts finely chopped to garnish 

Method: - 

This has never been easier mix all the ingredients together, you will have to use a stick blender to work through the cream cheese. Depending on how thick you want the dessert you might have to whip it with an electric beater, take care not to beat it too much as you might end up with butter.... Once smooth add about 1 - 2 Tsp of Cardamon powder and garnish with Pistachio nuts. I did not have pistachio's on the day so thus I garnished with mint leaves. This recipe serves about 10 - 12 people.