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Kharvas Recipe

Kharvas
Recipe, Maharashtra’s Unique Milk Pudding To Make At Home

45 mins
Cooking Time
Intermediate
Difficulty
5
Ingredients
Veg + Dairy
Diet
Kharvas is a pudding made with cow's colostrum milk - the nutrient-rich milk produced during the first few days after a cow delivers a calf. It’s also known cheek or chik in the western states of India, or as junnu in Telugu and ginnu in Kannada. This steamed pudding is believed to boost immunity and is often shared amongst friends and family, traditionally, to celebrate the arrival of a new calf. The pudding is sweetened with jaggery and delicately spiced with cardamom before it’s set for a dense but soft texture that can be sliced and served.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
1 cupCow's colostrum milk (first day milk)
6 cupsFull fat whole milk (use only if using first day's milk)
¼ to ½ tspGreen cardamom powder
2 pinchesBlack pepper powder (optional)
400gJaggery, powdered or grated