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Kalakand Recipe WITH Video, Instant Kalakand, How to Make Kalakand

2014-08-09 by Anjana Chaturvedi

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Instant Kalakand- Indian milk fudge made with condensed milk and cottage cheese.

Instant Kalakand is a popular and  traditional Indian sweet .The traditional way of making Kalakand is very time consuming, but using paneer/cottage cheese make it easy and quick. Since this is largely based on the milk solids (paneer) – I have described the paneer process as well for making this recipe in the video, as a lot of people do not have easy access to paneer, or good quality paneer. If you are lucky enough to have paneer available handily – you can make this recipe a lot faster by using the ready made paneer. Malai paneer works best for Kalakand.

Kalakand sweet is soft and grainy in texture. For making kalakand crumbled cottage cheese and condensed milk is cooked together, few nuts and cardamom are added at the final stage and a delicious sweet is ready to serve. To add some more texture – you can easily get creative with this recipe. You can add ‘feeka sev’ (unsalted sev) to make it a sev burfi, or add a lot of coconut flakes to it to make it a coconut flavoured kalakand. You can also add a large amounts of finely chopped nuts to make it a slightly more crunchy and nutty kalakand – almost like a cross between my very popular Anjeer ki Burfi  and Kalakand. Instead of using the anjeer as a binder for the nuts – you will end up using the kalakand. A rather fancy way of having nuts and milk together 🙂

You can also try these delicious Dessert and sweets –

  • Instant Badam Halwa
  • Chandrakala
  • Khoye Ki Gujhiya
  • Coconut Basbousa
  • Gond Dry fruit Ladoo
  • Kaju Gulkand Ladoo
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5 from 3 votes

How to Make Kalakand / Milk Fudge

Kalakand- Indian milk fudge made with condensed milk and cottage cheese.

Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time35 mins
Course: Desserts/Sweets/Mithai, Festive Recipe
Cuisine: Bengali Cuisine
Keyword: kalakand
Servings: 24 people
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients


  • 2 liter Full fat Milk
  • 400 ml Milkmaid /condensed milk
  • 3 tbsp Milk Powder / Doodh Ka Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Citric Acid/nimbu phool/taatri
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder / Elaichi Powder
  • 15 Pistachio / Pista
  • 3 Silvar leaf/ Chaandi ka vark

Instructions

  • In a heavy bottom pan add milk and let it come to a boil.Mix citric acid in 1.5 tbsp of water and mix well and keep aside.

  • When milk start boiling add the dissolved citric acid in it.Cook on low flame till the milk curdle completely.

  • Put a muslin cloth over a strainer and strain the curdled milk in it.Wash it well with fresh water to remove all the traces of citric acid .

  • Tightly tie the cloth and put some weight over it to strain the whey.wait for around 15 minutes.

  • In a nonstick pan or heavy bottom pan add the condensed milk and heat it for a minute.Add crumbled paneer(no need to mash the paneer,just crumble it) in it and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes .

  • Keep stirring the mixture otherwise it may stick to the bottom of the pan and burn.

  • Now add milk powder and cook till the mixture started to thicken and started leaving the pan and looks lumpy like a dough.Add chopped pistachio and cardamom powder.

  • Spread the mixture in a greased plate and level it with a greased spatula.The thickness of kalakand should be around 1/2 inch .

  • Apply silvar vark or sprinkle some chopped nuts over it.Let it set for minimum 25- 30 minutes.

  • Cut into pieces and serve.

Notes

NOTE-
You can also use vinegar or lemon juice to curdle the milk instead of citric acid .
Can also add some rose water or kewra water instead of cardamom powder.

Filed Under: Bengali Cuisine, Desserts /Sweet dishes /Mithai, Vrat ka khana/Food for fasting Tagged With: Desserts, fudge, Indian sweets, KALAKAND, Milk, milk cake, Mithai, paneer, vrat ka khana

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Comments

  1. Maayeka says

    2013-07-03 at

    @Hi vandana
    I used sweet condensed milk(milkmaid) in this ,but if that was not available we can also use evaporated or unsweetened condensed milk and sugar.

  2. Vandana says

    2013-07-03 at

    Dear Anjana ji,
    I love Kalakand. This recipe is so easy, I'd love to try and make it. But did you use sweetened condensed milk? Like the Amul can available or do we add unsweetened condensed milk and add sugar or sugar syrup later? Please reply…

  3. Ambreen (Simply Sweet 'n Savory) says

    2013-07-01 at

    My mouth is watering, it looks so good. Beautiful presentation!

  4. divya says

    2013-06-30 at

    Wow!! drooling here! these look absolutely fab!

  5. Gauri says

    2013-06-30 at

    Would love to have some!

  6. Pooja Agrawal says

    2013-06-30 at

    yummy…i love kalakands..and this is so tempting!!!!

  7. Amrita Vishal says

    2013-06-29 at

    I love kalakands and have a jar of condensed milk to be used. Definitely trying this very soon

  8. Wer SAHM says

    2013-06-29 at

    this is scrumptious and delightful dessert

  9. Guru Wadhwa says

    2013-06-29 at

    amazing vark of silver on them, and well plated as well, love the tenderness

  10. Priya Suresh says

    2013-06-29 at

    Looks stunning and very irresistible..Fantastic kalakand.

  11. Sanoli Ghosh says

    2013-06-29 at

    Perfect and very luscious looking kalakand. Yummy and mouthwatering!

    today's post:
    http://sanolisrecipies.blogspot.in/2013/06/litchi-cookie-dessert.html

  12. Kalpana Sareesh says

    2013-06-29 at

    looks so gorgeous..

  13. shamma says

    2013-06-29 at

    Wow what a recipe……can you please post mathura ka peda recipe my husband love it….but I can't find any good recipe for that….please post it …this is a request.

  14. Prabha Mani says

    2013-06-29 at

    Love those…slices…superb pics!!

  15. Shweet Spicess says

    2013-06-28 at

    Simply simple 🙂

  16. Chitz says

    2013-06-28 at

    Looks perfect.. Yummy looking kalakand 🙂 Bookmarked !!

  17. sushmita pandit says

    2013-06-28 at

    Lovely Kalakands….

  18. kitchen queen says

    2013-06-28 at

    delicious tempting and inviting mithai.

  19. Jagruti says

    2013-06-28 at

    adorable mithai..looks so tempting !

  20. Rafeeda AR says

    2013-06-28 at

    Looks just like store bought, so yum…

  21. Hamaree Rasoi says

    2013-06-28 at

    Delicious and lovely looking kalakand.
    Deepa

  22. Akila says

    2013-06-28 at

    looks amazing…

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"Maayeka" means a mother's home. I am Anjana Chaturvedi, and I share on this blog traditional vegetarian and vegan recipes from India, that have been handed down to me from my mother, aunts, and grandmothers. All of these recipes are "Sattvic" - cooked without using any onions or garlics - which are known as "taamsic" or negative ingredients in Ayurveda. Hope you enjoy these recipes and feel free to reach out to me for any questions or feedback!

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