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A vibrant bowl of creamy pumpkin soup with herbs and almonds on an ornate tray.
Binjal Pandya

Mango Shrikhand (Amrakhand)

Mango Shrikhand (Amrakhand) is an Indian sweet dish. Mango Shrikhand is made of strained yogurt. Mango Shrikhand is one of the main desserts in Gujarati and Maharashtrian cuisine. Preparation of this dish is very simple. A popular variation of Shrikhand in Maharashtra is Amrakhand, which is Shrikhand blended with mango pulp. It is one of the my best desert too.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 3 -4
Course: Desserts &amp, Sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 cup yogurt/curd/dahi
  • 1 cup Mango Pulp
  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar or as per taste
  • Pinch of Cardamom
  • 1-2 tbsp Milk
  • Pinch of Saffron
  • Chopped Pistachios
  • Chopped Almonds

Method
 

  1. Take a muslin cloth or cheese cloth and place the yogurt in it; hang it for 3-4 hours to drain out the whey from yogurt.
  2. After 3-4 hours remove the yogurt from cloth and turn into bowl.
  3. Place the bowl inside the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
  4. Soak the saffron in the milk.
  5. Take a yogurt bowl from refrigerator and whisk very well using with spatula or weird whisk, then add sugar, soaked saffron, milk and again whisk it well till smooth and glossy.
  6. Now add mango pulp, cardamom powder, chopped Almond Pistachios and mix well or whisk, then keep it in refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
  7. Garnish Shrikhand with chopped Pistachios-Almonds and serve chilled.

Notes

  • You can use Greek yogurt if want to avoid straining process and for quick dessert.
  • But strained Indian yogurt gives best taste.
  • You can store amrakhand into the refrigerator upto 1month.
  • You can add fresh mango cubes if you like it.