Homemade low fat Shrikhand with greek yoghurt

Shrikhand is a typical maharastrian dessert. Usually prepared during festivals like Gudi padwa. 

Shrikhand means a product obtained from chakka . Samant bros in Dadar is typically famous for their readymade instant chakka while Panshikar restaurant at Ranade road -Dadar is famous for its shrikhand 

However, I like preparing shrikhand at home right from making the chakka. I have made the chakka for this Shrikhand with waitrose low fat greek yoghurt.

Preparation:

Take low fat greek yoghurt in a white muslin cloth. Hang it till all the water is drained off. This process usually takes 3-4 hours.Now remove the yogurt from the muslin cloth and strain it well in a strainer to remove excess water. Keep this strained yogurt in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.

Then add saffron strands to the warm milk until they dissolve.Now mix the strained yogurt above dissolved saffron and sugar in a bowl. Mix it well with a hand blender. Blend it in a nice smooth mixture. Add cardamon powder and nutmeg powder and blend well. One can also add mango pulp and blend to make amrakhand. Garnish with pistachios.

Recipe: vegetarian
Preparation time : 15 mins

      

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Pasta Bake

Preparation :

Pasta :  I have used tricolour Fusilli  white (plain) , green (coloured with spinach) and red (coloured with tomato). 

Add Fusilli (3 cups) to boiling water (4 cups), add 3 drops of olive oil and salt (2 pinch). Let the pasta cook in boiling water. Once cooked drain and keep it aside. 

Tomato Chilli Pasta Sauce : Add to boiling water red vine tomatoes (5 nos) . Then quickly add the boiled hot tomatoes to cold water. Tomato skin will now shrink. Peel out the skin and add them to a blender. Then to the blender add red chillies ( 3 nos) , dried red chillies ( 3 nos) , garlic ( 4-5 cloves)  parsley ( few leaves) and salt to taste . Blend them well to a thick pasta sauce. 

Then warm a saucepan on medium heat, add olive oil (1 tbspn), then add chopped garlic (5-6 cloves), chopped onion (1 nos), red pepper (1 nos), chopped mushrooms (2-3 nos), sprouts (2-3 nos) and chopped broccoli (2-3 nos). Stir well . The onion will now become transparent. Then add the above tomato chilli sauce to the mixture.Throw in some chopped basil leaves . Mix well Pasta Sauce is now ready. 

Baking tray : Add few drops of extra virgin olive oil , add a layer of boiled pasta , a layer of pasta sauce and a layer of mozzarella cheese . Complete these alternate layers with mozzarella cheese layer on the top . Sprinkle some oregano and extra virgin olive oil on the top.  

  

Keep the baking tray in the pre heated oven for 30 mins at 300 degree Celsius.  Pasta bake  is now ready. 

Recipe:  vegetarian

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 40 mins

      

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Please use this recipe as a guideline and use your discretion to make the recipe or to make a substitution in the recipe. As results vary according to one's skills.