By now, you all must be heartily tired of my saying how hot it is here these days. After all, in most parts of the world where it is summer it must be hotter than it is in Goa. So I really should be feeling good about it, but all I’m looking forward to is the monsoon rains which will bring down the temperatures in about a month’s time.
In the meanwhile, we try cooling ourselves down with chilled fruity and non-fruity drinks, milk shakes and ice-creams. In India, we have our own version of ice-cream called “Kulfi”. Kulfi is made from sweetened and flavoured thickened milk and therefore much lighter than regular ice-cream.
Now that mangoes are here, a mango kulfi is one more way to have your mangoes, and that too as a frozen dessert. During my last trip to Mumbai, I also bought a set of kulfi moulds and this was the perfect time to inaugurate them.
Mango Kulfi - An Indian Ice-cream
Ingredients
- 500 ml milk (4.5% fat or less;higher fat content makes better kulfi)
- 300 gm condensed milk sweetened
- 1 1/2 tbsps cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cups mango purxe9ed
- 1 tsp cardamom powdered
- 2 tbsps pistachios finely chopped
Instructions
- Dissolve the cornstarch in about 1/4 cup of milk. Keep aside.
- Place the remaining milk, condensed milk and sugar (if you need your kulfi mixture sweeter), in a heavy bottomed vessel and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Add the cornstarch-milk mixture and stir further till the milk is quite thick.
- Take the thickened milk off the heat. Add the cardamom powder and chopped pistachio nuts and mix well. Allow the mixture to cool till warm. Now add the mango purxe9e and whisk lightly till everything is well mixed.
- Pour the mixture into kulfi (or popsicle) moulds and freeze. The kulfis should be frozen just hard enough to be firm but not too hard.
- To unmould the kulfis, just rub each mould backwards and forwards between your palms to slightly warm it. Turn the mould upside down onto a plate and tap a couple of times. The kulfi should slide out. Serve immediately.
I'm Aparna and My Diverse Kitchen is my ovo-lacto vegetarian food blog where you'll find recipes, food stories & photography. I've been blogging since 2007 and believe the kitchen, and the dining table (by extension) is really the heart of a home. 
Looks delicious, Aparna. Quite perfect for this hot summer we’re having!
Kulfi looks perfect with a lovely color.
U make it sound so simple! I love kulfi but have only ever had the ones from the street and never mango kulfi!
lovely kulfi aparna..even i hv posted this recipe in my blog recently..
Delectable click! Looks sooo good 🙂
Well, at least rains in a month for you, me, nothing of that sort! I’m on to summer till October!Have never been keen on kulfi because it tastes more or less like payasam. However, in Calcutta, we had some Aam doi which I found really tasty even tho’ it wasn’t v different from other milk-mango sweets.
yummy kulfi… summer or no summer… I want this kulfi 🙂
wow thats so lovely kulfi lookin great… feeling thirsty want it now
yummy kulfi…looks delicious 🙂
Kulfi’s Look’s Yummy and Perefct!
I know what you are saying … we found Goa hot in December too. :-)The kulfi looks so soothing. 🙂
Wish we had some real hot weahter here, but then i might also say t istoo hot :-)Love the kulfi, i am so jealous that you ll are anjoyin the mango eason there.
U made it too simply, love anything with mango and kulfi looks tremendous!
Sounds delicious mango, cardamom and sweetened milk… I’m sold!(That warm weather sounds very good too… it’s still cold here and raining too)
hmmm nice! I love anything with mango in it, and it’s even better when it’s ice cream 🙂
Lovely dessert to have, looks divine!:)
Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllo,Hope u r doing good!lol englufed in heat!…yup that’s how I too feel here in Chennai, here through out the year it’s just hot/hotter/hottest 🙁 can’t think of anything else to describe the heat here. V get baked inside the house and fried outside the house…lol God! feel like sending Suryadev on a short break ;)Hey Aparna, cute kulfi moulds. Those look creamy and rich..tempts me to bite into those cool..fi’s 🙂 Good one. Enjoy!
This is a piece of heaven… I wish I could have some now.. I do a cheater’s version:-)
Heavenly.Aparna.Great summer treat.
mmm, very refreshing and a nice presentation… I havent tried cornstarch shall try it though…
Lovely kulifs..Ya great for this summer.
Looks so creamy, I wish I had the kulfi mould… I remember those from the time I had them in India, the frosted cups taken fresh out of the fridge, tapped and unmoulded… on a hot summer day it was what I call bliss.
Can’t ask anything more than this ,in this sultry summers of Mumbai.Do pass on some here,it will be really refreshing 🙂
It sounds delicious and easy to make.
Perfect for summer. Does Arife sell kulfi moulds too?
wow simple …looks tempting
hi, aparna, kulfi looks to lovely, I love kulfis, I must try these, even my children love it, its been quite sometime i have looked into ur blog, as i was on holiday……, u must have done lot of baking….which i would love to go through……
Aparna, I love the idea of that ice cream! It looks so cool and refreshing, not to mention the presentation is lovely 🙂
Yummy yummy! I was just thinking of making kulfi today..I make my version in a blender.
I always make a point to grab a tiny container of this whenever I can. Bigger tubs scare me because I might eat it all in one sitting.
Ayyo I miss Kulfi. I never ate them when I was in India you know? And mangoes, let’s not get there ok? And I will bake any day for you, Aparna 🙂 I will send A across. He is my secret weapon 😉 And we love love DBs. Its a dream for us. And – we love vegan/vegetarian DBs. We try hard to do the same failing each time :(And I use too much and. I never stop no?
Lovely Kulfi Aparna. I bet it tastes good on a hot day!
Using cornstarch..interesting. Lovely flavours!
yours is richer… mine is a plain jane version… suited for the lazy me ;-)it looks great.Mine is:http://chefatwork.blogspot.com…
Thanks. After all ice-cream in any form is just as good. And better with mango!Nags, the street variety of kulfi is usually plain, but absolutely delicious.The more the merrier, Prathibha.:)I know, Sra :(Mango in ice-cream is as good as in yogurt where I’m concerned.Sharmila, Goa was hotter than usual this last December.You would, if you were here, HC. :)Its good Lien. Warm weather is good, but its hot here. ;)I’m with you there, Suparna.How do you make your cheater’s version, Soma? I’m interested.Anudivya, nostalgia huh? :)Maybe on your next trip home…I would, Alka. Just wish you were closer. This wouldn’t last the trip! :)Yes, Simran. Arife sells them as you can see. :)Welcome back, Jayasri. Yes, I have been baking a bit.Blender version, Bharti? How do you do that?Bigger portions are difficult to eat, Jude. Kulfis looks deceptive and can be quite rich. :)No problems N. I enjoy listening to you.;)And I shall wait in anticipation for that day when you shall bake for me. :DRaaga, I liked your version too. Looks delish!
You make it look simple. I will try this for sure
Delicious looking and delicious tasting and quite simple to make! Kulfi is just too much in this blistering summer. These were pure delight and I’m sure to make them again.
Do that, Sangeeta.Dazy, that’s good. Helps beat the heat for sure.
This looks so delicious and also easy to make…….will try ur recipe!
Tried the recipe…it was perfect!thanks for sharing!
Divya, am very happy to hear that.