Kesar Pista Shrikhand

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Ingredients:
500 ml curd
1/2 cup sugar
5-6 green cardamoms
few saffaron strands
1-2 drops yellow color
1/4 cup chopped pista

Recipe:
1. Take a mixing bowl, place juice strainer on it. Keep a muslin cloth over the strainer.
2. Remove all the curd onto muslin cloth and let to drain out of water from curd. Cover the cloth and keep it aside for 1-2 hours.
3. In a blender add sugar and peeled cardamom seeds. Blend them to smooth powder.
4. After 2 hrs, add the hung curd to the mixing bowl, powdered sugar and cardamom, kesar strands, yellow color drops. Mix all the ingredients together.
5. Add chopped pista to the curd mixture and mix well.
6. Keep it aside in fridge to chill.
7. Yummy Tasty Kesar Pista Shrikhand is ready to relish.

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