How to make Kulfi

Kulfi is one type of Indian ice cream. The recipe was written out for me by one of the Kulfi Wallah's that has a stall at the Law Garden's in Ahemdabad. So thanks to Mr. S. J. Pathak of Asharfi, 'King of Kool Kulfi'. I've copied out his recipe exactly as it is written, so you may want to alter the quantities slightly if you don't want to make industrial quantities of the stuff!

You will need

• Milk
• Cream
• Sugar
• Flavorings (as you like)

Method

1. Take few ltrs of milk and boil it till it get little bit thick. (Boil the milk up to 30%)
2. Add cream in the boiling milk. and shake well till it get over flow.
3. Then put off the stove or Gas.
4. Keep the vassel in the Cold Water (keep ice arround the container)
5. Then add sugar (Ratio:- in 35 ltr add sugar 5Kg)
6. When it will get totaly cold, add the variety what ever you like.
   Example:- the variety is Pista (Pistachio):- Add the assence of Pista, Add the crushed Pista also.
7. Then fill up the liquid in container like a tin of 250 gr. or whatever available
8. Put on a Rubber Ring on the lid of the container So that the liquid will not leak. Keep all of the wins which are filled up into a Big Clay Pot
9. Filled up the Pot with ice and Salt (Ration 1Kg = 100Gr. salt) till all containers sunk.
10. Shake the Pot near about 1/2 hr. or more (Its depends upon the quantity)
11. Remove one container from the pot and cheek the liquid got hard or not. If not remove the water from the Pot and agained fill ice and salt. Shake well till the contains get hard.
12. If the contain found hard keep in freez so that get more hard.

The recipe was handwritten and is faithfully reproduced above. It's obivously in Indian English, but I think that you get the idea!

Kulfi Wallahs at work (Mr Pathak is in the middle)

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