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Indian Milk Cake or Alwar Ka Mawa is a sweet milk dessert made with solidified milk, sugar and lemon juice. This dessert is also known as Alwar Ka Kalakand, which is originated from Alwar, Rajasthan.

Milk cake is a delicacy none can resist. It is one of the most popular sweets in India. This is an easy recipe but needs lots of patience and it requires slow cooking process. 

There is another gooey version of milk cake is called Kalakand. The only difference between Kalakand and milk cake is the texture and the colour, where kalakand is known to be white in colour and milk cake is brownish in colour. Milk cake has low moisture content, sticky and more chewy and the kalakand has high moisture content, less chewy, more gooey and it is not sticky.

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You can make this dessert for Janmashtami, Diwali, Holi and Navrathri. It's a perfect Indian dessert for the large gatherings and festival occasions. This is the one of the best royal delicious Indian dessert. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Indian Milk Cake. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

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RECIPE FOR INDIAN MILK CAKE

Coarse       : Dessert

Cuisine      : Indian

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 30 min

Cook Time : 1 hr 30 min

Total Time  : 2 hr

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INGREDIENTS

  • 3 litre milk
  • 1.5 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 3 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 tbsp pistachios - chopped - for garnish
  • 1 tsp ghee
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PROCEDURE

  • pour milk in a heavy bottomed pan
  • heat the milk on medium flame 
  • stir occasionally, otherwise milk will stick to the bottom of the vessel
    • boil the milk until it reduces to half
    • continue to boil the milk and thickens completely
    • a layer of cream is formed over the milk and scrape off the cream from sides of the pan
    • meanwhile, the milk has reduced to 1/3rd of the pan
    • in a small bowl, mix lemon juice and water
    • add into the boiling milk and do not stir for 30 seconds to 1 minute
    • after 1 minute, mix well and allow the milk to curdle
    • continue to boil the milk for another 2 minutes
    • now add 1.5 cup granulated sugar
    • mix well until the sugar dissolves well
    • cook on low flame and the milk starts to splutter
    • mix well and continue to cook on low flame
    • milk thickens and turns slightly golden brown
    • continue to cook on low flame and scrape off the sides of the pan
    • also the milk mixture starts to separate the pan
    • add 1/4 tsp cardamom powder and mix well
    • now cook on medium flame, until the milk cake starts to leave the sides of the pan completely and it turns  brown color
    • now switch off the flame
    • grease the baking pan with a tsp of ghee or you can use any mould
    • transfer the milk cake into the baking pan and spread evenly with a spatula on top and press gently 
    • garnish with chopped pistachios and rest the pan for 4-5 hours
    • slice and serve the delicious milk cake
    • store the milk cake in an air tight container and refrigerate for up to 7 days
    • Enjoy!

    NOTES

    • never use iron wok or pan
    • use only the stainless steel thick bottomed vessel
    • milk cake texture is grainy, soft and melt in your mouth
    • always use full fat cream milk
    • if you want a good grainy texture of milk cake, add lemon juice only after the milk has reduced to 1/3 of its quantity

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    pour milk in a large stainless steel bottomed vessel


    heat the milk on medium flame and stir occasionally 


    bring milk to boil in medium flame


    boil the milk until it reduces to half


    continue to keep stirring the milk and thickens completely


    scrape off the cream from  sides of the pan


    mix lemon juice and water in a small bowl and add into the 
    boiling milk


    do not stir the milk after adding lemon juice and 
    sit for 1 minute to curdle


    once milk starts to curdle, cook on low flame


    add granulated sugar


    mix well until the sugar dissolves well


    cook on low flame until the milk starts to splutter


    milk starts to thicken and turns color


    milk mixture or milk cake starts to separate the pan


    mix well


    milk cake is almost ready


    add cardamom powder


    mix well and cook on high flame for 1 minute until it turns slight dark brown color


    grease the pan with a tsp of ghee


    pour the milk mixture and spread evenly with a spatula on top


    garnish with chopped pistachios, rest the pan minimum 
    6 hours to set


    slice and serve


    delicious Milk Cake or Alwar Ka Mawa

    milk cake

    milk cake


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