It's officially summer like in our neck of woods. My son has another week to go before his summer vacation starts -- he can't wait for this week to pass. I'm already worried on how to keep him busy without having to turn on the tv for the whole day. Also bored kids get hungry frequently, so it's better to keep him busy with something that interests him and hopefully we'll survive the summer.
Sorry, I digressed. Coming back to the Rose shrikhand. This is a perfect summer dessert, light, sweet and refreshing. Shrikhand/ Shrikand is a yogurt based dessert and it is traditionally flavored with saffron, cardamom and nuts.
Nowadays a wide variety of shrikhands with various flavorings are being made. I made strawberry flavored and mixed fruit shrikhand in the past. This rose or gulab flavored shrikhand is from a Telugu cooking show. It looked so good on tv, I had to make it for myself right away.
Ingredients: Serves 2
Greek Yogurt or Strained thick yogurt - 1cup (I used Fage 2% Greek yogurt)
Sugar - 2tbsp (adjust as per taste preference)
Rose Syrup - 2~3tbsp
Rose Water - 2~3tsp
Pistachios - 1tbsp, finely chopped
Method:
- Whisk the yogurt until creamy. Add the other ingredients and mix well to combine. Taste and add more sugar or rose syrup. Chill for 1~2 hours and serve garnished with chopped pistachios.
Linking this to Valli's 'Cooking from Cookbook Challenge: June -- Week 2'.
Lovely roses pavani!! For a momen l thought it is made of fresh/dried roses. Lovely color for the shrikhand and as usual I ate with my eyes first!!!
ReplyDeleteGosh pavani, what a lovely hue you got for your Shrikhand!..lovely roses as well..are they from your garden?..I am looking forward to all the snacks you will be making for your son this summer..:)
ReplyDeleteWow, Pavani... Loving the hue on your Gulabi Shrikhand. Can't wait to try some. The roses are beautiful too :)
ReplyDeleteThis is delicious and has a beautiful color.
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