Ingredients: Milk 1 1/2 litres,Saffron (kesar) a few strands,Lemon juice 1 1/2 tablespoon, sugar 1/2 cup, almonds blanched and chopped5-6Pistachios blanched and chopped 7
Method:
Soak saffron in two tablespoons of warm milk and set aside. Boil half litre of milk. As it comes to a boil add lemon juice and keep stirring till all the milk curdles.
Strain the whey and tie up the chenna in a muslin cloth and dip in ice water till it cools completely. Then squeeze till all the liquid drains away. Set aside.
Boil milk, add a pinch of saffron, reduce heat and let it simmer till reduced to half the original quantity.
Add sugar, stir and simmer till it dissolves. Mash chenna in a bowl. Add it to the milk. Simmer for two minutes.
Add almonds and pistachios and the soaked saffron and take off the heat.
Cool and serve.
