Sharu's Fundas: Layered Kalakand

                On the occasion of Akshay Tritiya, I made a new innovation... Layered Kalakand !! Its delicious just like its cute looks... Try it !!!

              It is basically a combination of plain kalakand with a flavored kalakand. I have made strawberry flavored kalakand. You can use any other flavor you like.

Ingredients:

Heavy cream Milk 1 litre

Lemon juice 3 tbsp

Milk powder

Strawberries

Vanilla Essence or Rose Essence

Sugar

Dry fruits for garnishing

Method:

Paneer making: Boil Milk in a heavy deep pan. Once it starts to boil, add lemon juice to it 1 tsp at a time & stir till it curdles. Once it curdles, stop adding lemon juice. You will notice the fats at the bottom & water at the stop. Drain the paneer from the water. Discard the water & keep the the paneer aside.

White Layer: In a non stick pan, add 3/4th of the paneer & 1/2 cup sugar to it. Heat it on a medium flame. After some 3 minutes you will notice sugar has melted. Heat till the moisture has almost evaporated. Add 2 tbsp milk powder & 1 tsp Vanilla Essence to it. Mix well. It will take some 5 - 7 minutes. Set it in a square tray of 2 cm thickness.

Strawberry Layer: Grind some 7 - 8 strawberries into a smooth puree. Add it to a heavy bottomed pan. After 2 minutes, add the remaining paneer, 2 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp Rose Essence. Mix. Heat till the sugar melts & later the moisture evaporates. Add 1 tbsp milk powder to it. Mix well. Spread this strawberry layer over the top of the set white layer in the tray.

Garnish with chopped dry fruits of your choice.

Refrigerate it for atleast 2 hours till it is set properly.

Serve chilled !!

Tips:

Sugar measurements are as per my taste. You can adjust it more or less, as per your taste.

No need to tie & keep the paneer for any more time like we do for making normal paneer or rasgullas. You can directly use the paneer as soon as it is strained in a cloth since kalakand is a bit juicy.