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Baked saffron yogurt

Baked saffron yogurt

An easy to make yet delicious baked saffron infused yogurt.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Chilling time 4 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • cup Greek yogurt (see notes below)
  • ¼ cup condensed milk
  • a small pinch of saffron strands, soaked in 2 tbsp of warm milk and cooled
  • ¾ tsp crushed cardamom seeds

For garnishing

  • Chopped pistachio nuts
  • a few strands of saffron

Instructions
 

  • Pre heat the oven at 180 deg C
  • In a bowl, add the yogurt, condensed milk and saffron milk and whisk together.
  • Add the crushed cardamom and whisk well.
  • Tip the yogurt mixture to an ovenproof dish and tap the dish gently on the counter.
  • Arrange a few strands of saffron on top (around the centre).
  • Cover the dish with a piece of aluminium foil.
  • Take a baking dish (bigger than the one you are baking the yogurt in) and add some water in it.
  • Place the baking dish with the yogurt in the bigger dish. The water should come up to about a quarter of the way up. At this stage, add more water if needed to come up to the desired level.
  • Place the dish in the centre of the pre heated oven and bake for 50 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and carefully take the dish out of the water bath.
  • Remove the foil and bring to room temperature.
  • Chill for at least four hours or overnight before serving.
  • To serve, spoon the yogurt into bowls and add some chopped pistachios on top.

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Notes

  • I used Greek yogurt to make this baked saffron yogurt. If it is not readily available where you live, you can use strained natural yogurt. After straining the natural yogurt of the excess whey, measure and add 1 and 1/4 cups as required by the recipe.
Keyword baked dessert, baked yogurt, baking, cardamom, dessert, saffron