Pumpkin Kulfi

Kulfi is an all time favorite Indian dessert. Here I am giving a twist to the traditional kulfi by adding pumpkin puree to it. Halloween is here in few days and pumpkins are in abundant in markets now. It is a beautiful site to see farm fields filled with large monster pumpkins. But in the below recipe i have used canned pumpkin puree, lazy me :) .

Ingredients:

1. Pumpkin puree, sauteed in a tsp of ghee for 3-4 minutes - 3 tbs
2. Milk - 4 cups
3. Brown sugar/ White Sugar - 3/4 cup
4. Saffron - a pinch
5. Cashew nuts, chopped - 1/4 cup
6. Badam/Almond chopped - 1/4 cup
7. Pecans, chopped - 1/4 cup
8. Cardamom - 2

Brown sugar gives a nice caramel flavor to Kulfi..

Method:

1. Boil milk in a clean pan
2. When milk starts to boil add nuts, spices and sugar to it and stir.
3. Continue boiling the milk under low-medium flame stirring in between till milk is almost reduced to 1.5 cups
4. If you want to go with the traditional kulfi, pour the above mix into a bowl and cool it to room temperature.
5. If you want to add pumpkin puree to it, add it now and let it cook for 3 more minutes and pour it into a bowl and cool it to room temperature
6. Keep the bowl in the fridge for 3 hrs
7. After 3 hrs, stir the mixture again for 2 minutes to avoid water crystals
8. Pour the kulfi mixture in to small bowls or Popsicle mould and freeze it overnight.
9. You may top the kulfi with almond slivers.

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