PAAN PUDDING
 
 
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • ¼ cup water, hot
  • 2 betel leaves(paan patta)
  • 1 tbsp gulkand
  • 1+ ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp corn flour
  • 1-2 drops green gel food colour
  • For the garnish
  • Silver leaf
  • Rose petals
Instructions
  1. Soak fennel seeds and cardamom in ¼ cup hot water and let it rest for 30 mins.
  2. Transfer the entire mixture with the water to the blender jar and also add in betel leaves and gulkand.
  3. Blend the mixture on high speed till smooth and completely blended.
  4. Next, make a cornflour slurry by combining ½ cup milk and 2 tbsp cornflour really well.
  5. Add 1 cup of milk, sugar and paan mixture in a saucepan set over medium heat and cook till the sugar melts. You can add the food colour at this stage.
  6. ⁠Now, add in the cornflour slurry and whisk till the mixture comes to a boil and starts to thicken.
  7. ⁠Pour the hot mixture into heat safe ramekins till ¾th filled and refrigerate for 2 hours to let it set.
  8. ⁠Garnish it with silver leaf and fresh rose petals before serving.
Recipe by Bake with Shivesh at https://bakewithshivesh.com/paan-pudding/