This week in our Qatar Home Cooks series, we’re featuring two deliciously sweet recipes to tickle your taste buds! Meet Samira Khan and her kulfi recipe with a very special twist plus Shanon Iffat Alam and her recipe for a Middle Eastern classic that anyone can make at home – saffron milk cake.
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1. Has Covid19 changed the way you cook at home? Yes, it totally has. The current pandemic situation has changed the way I cook and changed our lives to some extent.
Being a mother of a toddler and having her around all the time with limited screen time, no access to the outdoors and keeping her busy has become a task. So, I have encouraged her to become involved in the kitchen from sifting flour to making cookies or pasta/roti dough. I search for recipes that my daughter can be involved with.
2. What is the name of your recipe? Gulkand badam kulfi - a milk-based ice cream from the Indian subcontinent which most likely originated in the early 16th century during the Mughal Empire. I came up with this variation while searching for something in my refrigerator and came across ‘gulkand’ which is a sweet preserve (jam) of rose petals (primarily pink ones collected at their peak bloom) made in India and in some other Asian countries. ‘Gul’ means flower in both Persian and Urdu Languages, and ‘qand’ means sweet in Arabic.
Traditionally ‘kulfi’ is prepared by evaporating sweetened and flavoured milk via slow cooking, until it’s volume is reduced by half, thus thickening it, increasing its fat, protein, and lactose density. This semi-condensed mix is then frozen in tight sealed molds. However, I made a quick fix version with a little twist.
3. Why have you chosen this dish? Though ‘kulfi’ is a classic, my variation uses a new flavour and it turned out well. I have never seen or heard of this flavour before.
Note: Try sourcing some kulfi molds and ice cream sticks for the authentic look.
1. Has Covid19 changed the way you cook at home? It has created an opportunity for me to become a baker. With more time at home, I have experimented with different types of recipes. I have always been passionate about baking and cooking, but never had enough time.
2. What is your dish? Saffron milk cake – a Middle Eastern classic
3. Why have you chosen this dish? This is an easy and delicious recipe to make! A restaurant-quality dessert at home.
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