SHRIKHAND

       It's actually sweetened yogurt cheese with saffron. This is one of the popular dessert in maharashtrian and Gujarati cuisine. Usually served as side dish to puri or roti.

INGREDIENTS:
Plain yogurt - 46 ounce
Saffron threads - 1/4 tsp
Warm water - 1 tbsp
Sugar powdered - 1 cup
Nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp
Pistachio chopped - 1 tbsp

METHOD:

• Yogurt cheese: line a coriander with cheesecloth, then place the colander over a bowl.
• Now pour yogurt onto the cheesecloth, cover and refrigerate for 10 hours, to drain water completely.
• (Tip: you can use Greek yogurt instead of regular yogurt to save time as it has less water content than the regular.)
• Soak saffron in warm water for 10 min.
• In a mixing bowl take yogurt cheese and sugar, mix it with a hand mixer on low.
• Add saffron with its water and nutmeg. Then mix it one more time.
• Transfer it to the serving bowls and decorate shrikhand with chopped pistachio. Serve chilled.

Makes 4-6 servings.