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Milk Cake Recipe: Delicious Indian Milk Cake Mithai

Milk Cake Recipe: Delicious Indian Milk Cake Mithai

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The milk cake is a sweet Indian Dessert that is made with full fat milk and is very delicious.
Prep Time 5 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lt full-fat milk
  • A Pinch of Alum Powder
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 4 tbsp Desi Ghee
  • Chopped Pistachios and Dry Rose Petals optional

Instructions
 

  • To make the milk cake sweet, take 1.5 litres of full-fat milk in a heavy bottom pan. If you have an iron pan, you can use that.
  • Let the milk boil on a high flame. Stir often.
  • After a boil comes, stir it continuously and let it get thicker.
  • As the quantity gets halved, add a pinch of alum powder.
  • To set the Sweet, take a tray, and grease it with desi ghee.
  • As the mixture gets thicker, scrap and add the Malai that gets deposited on the sides. Add 1/2 cup sugar. Mix well and let the sugar melt. As soon as the sugar gets dissolved, add the other half cup of sugar.
  • Keep stirring until the mixture gets thickened to the consistency as shown below. Now, add 3 tbsp of Desi Ghee. Stir and Mix well.
  • Stir and cook until the mixture gets to the consistency where it starts leaving the Pan.
  • Pour the mixture into the tray.
  • Now, cover the tray and wrap the tray with a thick towel. This gives milk cake a rich brownish color. Let it set for 5 hours.
  • After 5 hours, check the sweet. Remove the towel. You can see that the texture of the milk cake has come out to be perfect.
  • To remove it from the tray, first cut the sides with a knife then flip it and tap the bottom, The rich-looking milk cake will come out easily.
  • Cut into any shape you like.
  • The tempting milk cake is ready to be served now.
  • Garnish with chopped pistachios and rose petals.
  • Enjoy the delicious Milk cake.

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