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Mango Kulfi

This Mango Kulfi recipe is the best mango ice cream you'll ever taste! Made without ice cream maker, it captures the flavors of real mango. It is a must try recipe!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword mango kulfi
Prep Time 17 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings 9 kulfi pops
Calories 189kcal
Author Maria Doss

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 and ½ cups fresh mango puree
  • 1 cup heavy cream, divided
  • 1 pinch saffron threads crushed with fingers
  • ¾ cup sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom powder

Instructions

DAY 1

    Make mango puree

    • Add mango puree into a medium non-stick skillet. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until it gets thick and reduces to about ½ cup.
    • Once reduced to ½ cup, transfer mango puree into a bowl and let cool completely to room temperature. Cover bowl and place in the refrigerator until chilled (several hours or up to 2 days). 

    Make saffron cream

    • Heat ½ cup heavy cream in microwave or stove top, until it gets very hot but not boiling. Stir in saffron (crush with your finger tips before adding into the cream).
      Let cream cool to room temperature. Cover, and place in the refrigerator until chilled (several hours or up to 2 days). 

    DAY 2

    • Into a medium bowl, combine saffron soaked heavy cream and remaining ½ cup heavy cream.
      Beat with a electric beater, on high speed, until thick and softly whipped, about 1 ½ minutes. 
    • Add sweetened condensed milk, cardamom powder and cooked mango puree. Whip again for about 30 seconds, until very thick.
    • Transfer into popsicle molds or a freezer safe conatiner and freeze overnight.

    Notes

    Mango puree- Peel, chop flesh from 2 ripe, medium mangoes or 1 ½ large mangoes. Place in a mini food processor or regular food processor or small blender and blend into a fine puree. Measure 1 and ½ cups for the recipe (slightly more or less is ok). 
    Sweetened condensed milk - If your mango is not sweet then add an additional tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk. 
    Cardamom powder - Grind about 1 tablespoon of green cardamoms in a dry spice grinder, until finely ground and use ½ teaspoon for the recipe. 
     

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1pop | Calories: 189kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 40mg | Potassium: 167mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 754IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 0.1mg