{"id":8493,"date":"2018-10-11T07:56:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/?p=8493"},"modified":"2018-10-11T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T08:01:12","slug":"beetroot-kalakand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/11\/beetroot-kalakand\/","title":{"rendered":"Beetroot Kalakand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A variation to the traditional, rich and delectable sweet prepared with home-made fresh cottage cheese, the vibrant beetroot, condensed milk and flavored with green cardamom powder, garnished with slivered nuts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/11\/beetroot-kalakand\/beetroot-kalakand5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?fit=4752%2C7128&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4752,7128\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BEETROOT KALAKAND5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=150%2C225&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=600%2C900&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=477%2C715&amp;ssl=1 477w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=337%2C506&amp;ssl=1 337w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=533%2C800&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?resize=175%2C263&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND5.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation Time:<\/strong>\u00a010 minutes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooking Time-<\/strong>\u00a020 to 25 minutes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refrigeration Time<\/strong>&#8211; 01 hour<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves-<\/strong>\u00a06 to 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients and Quanitity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Home-made Cottage cheese, grated \/ crumbled- 1 \u00bd cup<\/p>\n<p>Condensed milk- 3\/4<sup>th<\/sup> cup \/ less or more as desired<\/p>\n<p>Beetroot pur\u00e9e- \u00bd cup<\/p>\n<p>Ghee- 1\/4<sup>th<\/sup> tbsp.<\/p>\n<p>Green Cardamom Powder- 1\/4<sup>th<\/sup> tsp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To apply :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Silver Leaf (Chandi Ka Varq)-01 sheet (Optional)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the Garnish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pistachio nuts , slivered- \u00bd tbsp<\/p>\n<p>Almonds, slivered- 1\/4<sup>th<\/sup> tbsp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a heavy bottomed non-stick pan and add the grated \/ crumbled cottage cheese, beetroot pur\u00e9e and condensed milk and mix well.<\/p>\n<p>On medium flame, cook for 15 to 20 minutes, occasionally mixing until the mixture starts to resemble a soft dough.<\/p>\n<p>Add in the ghee and cardamom powder and mix well .<\/p>\n<p>Switch off the flame.<\/p>\n<p>Grease a square baking tray with ghee, add the kalakand mixture and spread evenly with a spatula.<\/p>\n<p>Once it is completely cooled down to room temperature, apply the silver leaf and sprinkle the slivered pistachio nuts and almonds.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer to the refrigerator for an hour before cutting into desired shapes before serving it.<\/p>\n<p>Serve this delectable sweet to celebrate happiness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A variation to the traditional, rich and delectable sweet prepared with home-made fresh cottage cheese,<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,64,156,84,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desserts","category-festive","category-indian","category-indian-sweet","category-vegetarian"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BEETROOT-KALAKAND1.jpg?fit=4752%2C7128&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9arbY-2cZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8498,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8493\/revisions\/8498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}