Basundi (Sweet Dish of Gujarat)

Ingredients (Serves 8)

4 bottles: Milk
1 cup: Sugar
8-9 : Cardamoms
1 tbsp: Charoli
6 no: Almonds (blanched and sliced; optional)
5 drops: Lemon juice

Method:

1.Add only 1 tsp water (to prevent the milk from sticking to the bottom) and then pour the milk and cream into it.
2.Keep stirring constantly and reduce it till it becomes thick and the quantity of the milk is approximately half a litre. remove from the flame and keep aside.
3.add the lemon juice to the milk and stir the mixture so that it becomes granular in consistency. Return to a medium flame.
4.Add the sugar and cook for another 10 minutes. stir the mixture occasionally.remove from the fire.
5.Pour into a bowl and garnish with powdered cardamoms, charoli, and almonds.
Serve hot or cold as desired.
Tip: Add sugar ONLY AFTER the milk reduces to half.