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Mango Shrikhand (from Maharashtra)

Ingredients

  * 1 mango (ripe to medium ripe)
  * 1/3 cup sugar
  * 1/4 cup grated coconut
  * 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
  * 1 quart whole milk yoghurt
  * 2 tsp water
  * a pinch saffron

Method

  1. Put the saffron in a pan, add cardamom powder and water & heat it on simmer while stirring and remove the heat.
  2. Whisk the saffron mixture into the yoghurt. Put this yoghurt mixture in a coffee filter or a strainer lined with cheese cloth and set it over a bowl.
  3. Let drain in the refrigerator for an hour.
  4. Transfer the yoghurt to a bowl and add sugar to it.
  5. Beat the yoghurt 2-3 min.
  Pour into bowls and refrigerate it until very chilled.Mean while,toast the coconut over low heat until golden.
  6. Serve the shrikhand topped with mango cut into thin slices and coconut.