Mix Fruit Shrikhand / Matho

Shrikhand is one of the main desserts in Gujarati cuisine and Maharashtrian cuisine. It is a semi soft, sweetish sour, whole milk product prepared from lactic fermented curd.

Servings – 14 - 15 bowl

Preparation time : 5 - 6 hours

Ingredients:

• 2.5 liter full fat milk
• 2 small apple ( fine chopped )
• ¼ cup pomegranate seeds
• ¼ cup grapes
• 2 medium size banana ( fine chopped )
• 1 orange – pulp ( remove skin and seeds )
• ¼ cup tinned pineapple ( fine chopped )
• 2 tbsp tinned cherry ( fine chopped )
• 4 tbsp strawberry crush
• 1 tbsp dried black berry
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tbsp soaked saffron water
• 1 cup whole sugar

Preparation :

• Boil milk. Allow it to cool. Remove cream from it.
• Make curd ( yogurt ) from this milk. ( Curd should not be sour in the taste )
• Refrigerate curd for 4 – 5 hours.
• Take a sieve. Cover it with muslin cloth. Pour curd in it.
• Keep it aside for 2 – 3 hours at cool place.
• Hang it for 2 hours at cool place. ( All water should be drained off from curd )

Method : 

• Add sugar and saffron water in hung curd.
• Add all other ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Refrigerate it for 3 – 4 hours.
• Garnish with grapes or pomegranate seeds and serve chill.