Bangladesh

Mishti Doi

Name: Mishti Doi
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Bangladesh
Ingredients: 1 l Whole milk; 120 g Jaggery or sugar; 2 tbsp Yoghurt (as culture); 1 pinch Cardamom

Bengali sweetened yoghurt

Mishti doi is a Bengali dessert of yoghurt sweetened with caramelised sugar or jaggery and fermented in clay pots.

The porous clay draws off excess whey, yielding a dense, creamy yoghurt with a caramel note.

Servings4

Time20 min + fermentation

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Whole milk1 l
Jaggery or sugar120 g
Yoghurt (as culture)2 tbsp
Cardamom1 pinch

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Reduce the milk until it thickens slightly.
Melt part of the sugar to caramel and stir in.
Dissolve the rest of the jaggery, cool to lukewarm.
Stir in the yoghurt culture and fill into clay pots.
Ferment warm, then chill until set.

Make it original

Jaggery and cardamom for mishti doi are in the Asia Boutique.

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