Kesar Shrikhand Golgappe – A funky twist to the traditional Golgappa.

I am not ashamed to say that in my visits to India I expect to be pampered (especially regarding food). But I am a food blogger now. Once that little fact becomes known to people all my pampering ideas go right out of the window (LAUGHS!!!). Being a blogger puts me on the other side of the table so to speak. So now people expect me to cook which is exactly what happened. I was somewhat restricted in what I could cook that day (more on that later!!!). I came up with this funky Kesar Shrikhand Golgappe recipe which turned out to be the perfect one-bite dessert…

Trip to India

It will come as no surprise y’all when I say that I really miss my mom’s cooking. This is why my main goal on my visits to India is to eat as much mom-made (sometimes relative made) food as I can (CHUCKLES!!!) Hence the pampering comment I made earlier.. But with me blogging for the past couple of years the tables have been well and truly been turned. I was indeed hearing from friends and family about cooking for them on my next trip to India. I just never expected that to turn into reality so soon (LAUGHS!!!).

Mom’s Kitty Party

It began when my mom’s friends made the decision to hold their monthly kitty party at our place back in Mumbai. At that time they had no idea that I was going to be home that day. Once they found out it didn’t take long for them to start needling me about cooking for the party. I was pretty gung-ho about it and gladly agreed to do so.. Big MISTAKE…

I should have listened completely to what they wanted to say because what came next was a big list of ingredients that they were not going to be eating that day. It seems that on the day of the party there was a religious event of Lord Ganesh so the dietary rules were very strict.

Homemade Kesar Shrikhand

In such a situation the only thing that made sense was dessert. But which one?? After putting some thought into it there was only one which kept comping to mind and that is SHRIKHAND. It is a dessert made with strained yogurt. 

So I quickly bought greek yogurt (less water content) and hung it out in a muslin cloth. It helped take out any excess water that was in the yogurt.

After that it was just a question of whip up the yogurt into a nice semi-solid consistency and then flavoring it with a little saffron and cardamom and sugar.

Instead of Kesar Shrikhand you may also stuff Apple Shrikhand

Golgappa,Pani Puri,Puchka

However my twisted mind wasn’t in the mood to leave it at that (LAUGHS!!!). Taking inspiration from my Mexican Golagappe recipe I decided to serve them in crispy puris and this weirdly delicious Shrikhand Puri Recipe was born.

P.S; Y’all can buy pre-made puris from the store or make them at home by following the Step by Step method to make Puri’s here .

To my surprise these stuffed puris disappeared rather quickly with some of mom’s friends even saying that they were going to steal the recipe for their next party (LAUGHS!!!). So sharing this recipe on the blog was an absolute no-brainer to me.

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Kesar Shrikhand Golgappe

Rahul

Lusciously rich & finger-lickingly yummylicious Kesar Shrikhand stuffed inside a crispy puri.

5 from 6 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Ingredients

  

Shrikhand

• 900 gm Greek Yogurt
• 1 ½ cup Sugar
• 2 tbsp Milk
• 2 Generous Pinches of Saffron
• 10 Pods of Green Cardamom open up the pods and crush the seeds to a fine powder
• Blanched almonds for garnishing Optional

Puri

• ¼ cup Rice Flour
• ¼ cup Whole Wheat Flour
• ¼ cup All purpose flour
• 5 tbsp Water
• Salt
• Oil for deep frying

Instructions

 

• Take a muslin cloth/handkerchief and spread it on a bowl. Pour greek yogurt onto the cloth. Bring edges of cloth together, tie it with a string. Hang the cloth and place a bowl below it to drain the excess whey overnight.
• Add the saffron to the milk and keep aside.
• Transfer the yogurt to a deep bowl. Add sugar, cardamon powder as well as the saffron milk and whisk well until sugar is dissolved and yogurt becomes smooth and creamy.
• Garnish with almonds or any other nuts of your choice. Chill for an hour before serving.

Puri

• Combine rice flour, wheat flour, all purpose flour and salt. Add water little at a time and mix. Knead slowly to form a semi stiff dough. Divide the dough in equal parts.
• On a floured surface roll the dough in a thin circle with a rolling pin.
• With a cutter, cut out circles in the dough. Remove the extra dough and add it to the unused dough.
• Gently slide 3 to 4 puris into the hot oil in a frying pan and fry till golden brown on both sides.
• Drain on absorbent paper.
• Repeat with the remaining dough.

Assembly

• Lightly tap the top of puri with tip of spoon or index finger to make a small hole.
• Spoon some shrikhand inside.
• Pop in your mouth immediately.

Keyword Kesar Shrikhand Golgappe, Shrikhand Pani puri

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