Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 50 minutes
- Preparation: 10 minutes
- Cooking: 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 liter Milk
- 4 Custard apple (Sitaphal)
- 100 ml Heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
- Sugar - to taste
Instructions
- To begin making the Atar Payesh recipe, break each of the custard apples gently into halves, scoop out the flesh with the aid of a spoon
- Carefully remove the seeds, lightly mash the custard apple pulp with a fork
- Keep aside
- Set the milk to boil in a thick bottomed pan, add the green cardamom powder and let the milk simmer lazily over a low flame till it has reduced to almost half in volume
- Stir in the mashed custard apple pulp, continue to cook over a low flame for 5-7 odd minutes
- Add sugar to taste
- (The custard apples I used were very sweet and just a tablespoon of sugar was enough for me)Switch off the flame, fold in the whipped cream
- A hearty stir to ensure it is all mixed
- Serve chilled
- Serve Atar Payesh after a satisfying lunch of Cholar Dal, Bengali Luchi and Begun Bhaja on a weekday
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Bengali Recipes
- Dessert
- Vegetarian