Gondhoraj Doi | Bengali Mishti Doi with Gondhoraj Lebu | Lime Curd Indian style
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Bengali
Serves: 5-6
Ingredients
  • Yogurt: 300g, homemade or store bought
  • Condensed milk: 3 tbsp
  • Milk powder: 1 tbsp
  • 1 Gondhoraj Lebu, King Lime, medium to large sized
  • Handful of Lebu pata, Lime Leaves
Instructions
  1. Wash & clean the Gondhoraj Lebu, King Lime; pat it dry with kitchen towels.
  2. Scrape off the skin of Gondhoraj Lebu, King Lime carefully. Do Not scrape the white part, only peel the green part of the skin. The zest of green part adds the aroma while zest of White part adds bitterness the food.
  3. Cut lime and squeeze lime juice out of it. A large sized Gondhoraj Lebu, King Lime will yield 2-3 tbsp of lime juice.
  4. Take a large bowl to make the Gondhoraj Mishti Doi; bowl must be cleaned & dry.
  5. Pour yogurt and condensed milk in the bowl and gently whisk. Also add the watery whey from yogurt if you are using homemade yogurt.
  6. Add our secret agent for creamiest Mishti Doi, milk powder and whisk vigorously to mix things evenly. You may add upto 2 tbsp of milk powder if adding the watery whey from homemade yogurt. This Milk Powder is responsible for thick firm yogurt without any water content in the end.
  7. When there is no visible lumps in the yogurt mixture add Gondhoraj Lebu, King Lime juice little by little and keep mixing lightly.
  8. Finally add Gondhoraj Lebu, King Lime zest to the yogurt mixture and mix lightly, just to distribute the zest.
  9. Any kind of containers can be used to set the Gondhoraj Mishti Doi; yogurt will set firmly. From Earthen or ceramic pots to glass bowls, plastic jars to melamine bowls will work fine for this recipe.
  10. Now take out your serving bowls and pour the mixture into them evenly. Tap couple of times each bowl/pot to distribute & settle yogurt evenly.
  11. Sprinkle some Gondhoraj Lebu, King Lime zest on each bowl; use only green part.
  12. Further garnish with Gondhoraj Lebu pata, King Lime leaves. Do not skip this step as lime leaves will add nice aroma to Gondhoraj Doi when stored for long time.
  13. Refrigerate Gondhoraj Doi for 1 hour and serve chilled.
Recipe by Scratching Canvas at http://www.scratchingcanvas.com/gondhoraj-doi-recipe-bengali-mishti-doi/