Kalakand recipe | diwali sweets recipe – Popular Indian milk sweet Kalakand recipe with step-by-step pictures.
I tried this sweet for the first time and I am very much impressed by the outcome of this sweet. I tasted this many years back at a popular sweet shop. Hooked by its taste I wanted to try this recipe at home. It was quite easy to make and a huge hit at home.
Apart from making this for diwali, you can make this Janmashtami | krishna jayanthi , holi, or Raksha bandhan I made this recipe from scratch by making paneer from milk, you can use store-bought fresh paneer too.
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Kalakand recipe
Popular milk sweet recipe perfect for festivals and celebrations
Servings 8 pieces
Ingredients
- 4 cups of milk
- 1.5 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/3 cup sugar
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ½ tsp ghee
- Pistachio few to garnish
Instructions
- Add 2 cups of milk in a vessel and once this reaches the boiling consistency just keep the flame low and allow the milk to reduce into 1 to 1 and 1/4 cups.
- Meanwhile, boil the remaining 2 cups of milk in a vessel, and once when it comes to a boil, add the lemon juice to this. Dilute the lemon juice with 1 tsp of water.
- Now you can see the water start separating.
- switch off the flame to avoid overcooking and drain with a clean muslin cloth.
- Wash this nicely in running tap water. This step is to get rid of the sour taste of the lemon in the paneer.
- Add this Paneer to the boiling milk and mix well.
- Keep the flame low.
- Add sugar and cardamom powder to this and mix well.
- Saute this nicely without getting burnt, till the moisture leaves and this becomes a whole mass.
- This took approximately 11 minutes for me.
- Grease a plate with ghee and keep it aside.
- Once the milk + paneer combo comes into a mass transfer this to the plate greased with ghee.
- Keep this in the refrigerator for half an hour.
- After that, cut them into squares and garnish them with sliced pistachios.
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Notes
Note:
1. You can replace sugar with 1/2 tin of condensed milk. 2. If using condensed milk add it after the milk comes to a boil. 3. Kalakand can be made in the microwave also.
1. You can replace sugar with 1/2 tin of condensed milk. 2. If using condensed milk add it after the milk comes to a boil. 3. Kalakand can be made in the microwave also.
- Add 2 cups of milk in a vessel and once this reaches the boiling consistency just keep the flame low and allow the milk to reduce into 1 to 1 and 1/4 cups.
- Meanwhile, boil the remaining 2 cups of milk in a vessel, and once when it comes to a boil, add the lemon juice to this. Dilute the lemon juice with 1 tsp of water.
- Now you can see the water start separating.
- switch off the flame to avoid overcooking and drain with a clean muslin cloth.
- Wash this nicely in running tap water. This step is to get rid of the sour taste of the lemon in the paneer.
- Add this Paneer to the boiling milk and mix well.
- Keep the flame low.
- Add sugar and cardamom powder to this and mix well.
- Saute this nicely without getting burnt, till the moisture leaves and this becomes a whole mass.
- This took approximately 11 minutes for me.
- Grease a plate with ghee and keep it aside.
- Once the milk + paneer combo comes into a mass transfer this to the plate greased with ghee.
- Keep this in the refrigerator for half an hour.
- After that, cut them into squares and garnish them with sliced pistachios.
Note:
- You can replace sugar with 1/2 tin of condensed milk.
- If using condensed milk add it after the milk comes to a boil.
- Kalakand can be made in the microwave also.
Haven't tasted this sweet,luks so tempting and yum…
ohhh u r all set for diwali .. this is one of my fav sweet from shree mithai looks so yummm..
It looks quiet simple and fast.good one!
This has been on my list, I just don't get the time. Rich and tasty.
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Luks impressively yumm and delicious in the click.Luv the recipe too.
yummy delight
JEYA im on the way to ur house….keep it ready for me….kalakara!!yummy sweet!
nice n yummy sweet..looks deliciosu n nice clicks jey
My fav sweet…looks so delicious I have tried it with ricotta cheese but not this way …will try soon:)
This looks yumm… I have had a lot of Kalakand but never knew its name till now…
Very nicely explained…have been looking for a good kalakand recipe…bookmarking yours
Never tasted before.Looks yum yum
Amazing……never thought making Kalakand at home & that it would come out so perfect…….yours looks very professional.
looks yum and makes me feel hungry for a sweet…
looks yum and makes me feel hungry for a sweet…
Such tempting sweets Jeyashri! 🙂
wow very yummy and tempting kalakand!! love it !!
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wow..superb recipe..very tempting clicks,Jeyashri!!
Nice and tempting sweet with beautiful clicks…
Gorgeous & mouthwatering kalakand!!! All set for diwali huh??!!
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My fav, looks tempting. nice clicks.
Kalakrenga jeyshri…supera iruku kalakand….and beautiful clicks too
wow really yummy n delicious recipe…
beautiful recipe and so well made.
Thats quick and easy..looks wonderful..
its been so long i had these, wonderful clicks and kalakand is too tempting..superb dear..
perfectly made! looks so yummy.
Very perfectly made. Looks so tempting.
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Lovely pics! sweet looks very tempting!
Looks so tempting , would love to try this sometime. Bookmarking it.
They looks super and inviting,love this sweet..
looks yummy and Delicious too …….
I love cardamom and pistachio. I've never tried these but they look and sound perfectly delicious.
Sounds so easy and perfect texture of kalakand
Kalakand reminds me that I haven't made them for a while! I make them similar to your procdure.
கலாகண்டு-வை யான் கண்டு!!:)
Jst made Kalakand for Diwali . Turned out to be super duper hit ….My mom loved it like anything. Thank you soooo much Ms. Jeyashri for such an awesome recipe. I will give 10/10 to this recipe. (y) 🙂