The Shrikhand Recipe is made with greek yogurt, saffron threads, green cardamom, and nuts.
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This popular, nutritious dessert is for you if you love finishing your meal with something sweet but wholesome.
It's easy to make your own Shrikhand at home with Greek yogurt.
If you get the taste for something sweet at night, you are going to love a bowl of Shrikhand!
Contrary to common belief, Shrikhand is easy to make at home.
My husband tried to tell me a while ago that it was an impossibility to make Shrikhand from scratch because according to him, it is a secret art.
You should have seen his face when I whipped up this shrikhand recipe with Greek yogurt in less than 5 minutes.
He couldn't stop gobbling up the shrikhand, it was perfect.
My husband would complicate his life, seeking a good cup of Shrikhand anywhere in the world.
Nowadays, I fill up the jars.
I always keep a pack of Greek Yogurt in the house.
Ultimately, making and following your own shrikhand recipe from scratch is way better than the ready-made store-bought version.
The flavors can be adjusted and it just tastes much fresher!
So, if you have a nut allergy, you just need to skip the nuts and you are good to go.
If you want to add more cardamom then you are free to do so with this shrikhand recipe with Greek Yogurt.
🔪 How to make it?
Here is an overview of how this comes together. The full recipe is further below.
Step 1
Mix yogurt smooth. Soak saffron strings in water
Step 2
Add to the yogurt sugar and cardamom.
Step 3
Stir in saffron water with strings, crushed pistachios, and almonds. Enjoy or store.
🥣 Ingredients
To make shrikhand you need thick fatty hung curd so that you can achieve the consistency and flavors, which make shrikhand so popular.
Here you can learn how to make hung curd.
If you make hung curd at home you will need a muslin
I skip the hanging curd part to save time.
Instead, I use Greek Yogurt, which is nice creamy and high in fats.
Plain Greek Yogurt is common in most parts of the world, major yogurt brands sell Greek Yogurt.
Greek Yogurt is a great dairy product to prepare shrikhand!
📕 What is Shrikhand?
Shrikhand is a curd specialty from India.
The curd is strained so that the remaining thick curd is left without liquids but remains high in fats.
The strained thick Greek Yogurt-like curd is then flavored either with spices and nuts or also with fruits such as Mango Pulp.
A friend shared with me her shrikhand recipe, which she had made with rose water (gulab).
Adding Rosewater makes another tasty shrikhand recipe!
My husband's family members would remember and tell me stories from ages ago, how traders used to walk around and go from home to home with a bucket of butter and some would have shrikhand too and they would take out the most beautiful creamy butter and shrikhand (whichever amount you needed) with a ladle.
I am not sure which time period this was, however, my husband still remembers these sellers too.
Have you tried Shrikhand before and do you have a favorite Shrikhand flavor?
📖 Recipe
5-Minute Shrikhand Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound Greek Yogurt
- 2 pinch Saffron
- 1 Tablespoon Water luke warm
- 5 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
- 1 ½ Teaspoon Green Cardamom Ground
- 1 Tablespoon Pistachios crushed
- 1 Tablespoon Almonds crushed
Instructions
- Place the greek yogurt into a mixing bowl and mix it smooth.1 pound Greek Yogurt
- In a small bowl add the saffron strings and the water. The water will take out the orange red natural color from the saffron strings. Let the strings soak a little bit,2 pinch Saffron, 1 Tablespoon Water
- Add to the yogurt the sugar and cardamom powder. Mix well.1 pound Greek Yogurt, 5 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar, 1 ½ Teaspoon Green Cardamom Ground
- Continue to add to the yogurt mixture the saffron strings with the colored red water. Also, add in the crushed pistachios and almonds. Mix the whole content well.1 Tablespoon Pistachios, 1 Tablespoon Almonds
- Keep in the fridge to cool. Shrikhand has to be served cold. You can garnish the Shrikhand with some saffron and nuts if you want.
I discovered Shrikhand a couple of years ago and it’s always well received. Mine has always featured some fruit but today I will use your recipe. I suspect that yours is more authentic!
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So want to make this lovely looking dessert. Will experiment using runny honey (or maple syrup) instead of white sugar. Then I can use less & reduce calorie content. Thanks for this great dessert recipe !
Hi Dee that sounds like a great idea! We would love to hear about your experiments and how the shrikhand turned out with honey or maple syrup. 🙂
I have never heard of Shrikhand before but I know my family would love it.
This recipe I will have to try with the greek yogurt and the nuts of course. They love anything with yogurt. Thanks for sharing the information and the recipe.
This looks like such an amazing dessert! Sounds like it’s super rich in flavor as well with saffron strings there.
Katja xxx
I've never heard of that, but this looks amazing! We love spending the weekend making new recipes, this is definitely something we will try.
I've never heard about it but looks interesting! Hope it's also delicious because I want to try your recipe
I have never heard of Shrikhand but it sounds tasty! I love trying new foods so I'll have to try this recipe sometime
I've never heard of shrikhand before, but this looks good! Love that its made with greek yogurt as well!
This looks like such an amazing dessert. I am sure that it's rich in flavor as you are using the saffron strings here. I would love to try making this some day.
That looks really good. I love the ingredients you chose.
I've never heard of Shrikhand before, but it looks amazing! I'm a big fan of trying new things so I'll be making this next week. I love how simple the ingredients and directions are.
I love Shrikhand but have never attempted to make it !! thank you for sharing this recipe I will be trying this out asap 🙂
I am always looking for new recipes to veganise. Currently, I am looking at Indian dishes. Do you think this could be done by replacing the Greek yoghurt with coconut cream? How offended would people be if I called it shrikhand while not using yoghurt? =D
Well I think then you can't call it shrikhand if you use coconut cream because shrikhand is known as such because of the fatty milk yogurt cream. But I bet it would turn out tasty too with coconut cream, maybe you would want to call it something like spiced coconut cream bowl dessert with nuts.
I had never heard of shrikhand before. Looks quite good! a recipe to try!
This looks like such a unique recipe and it sounds yummy! I love how most of the ingredients are things I already have at home.
Shrikhand is one of my favorite Indian desserts, I love it with extra cardamom. I mostly enjoy it in summer but I wouldn't mind having it at all seasons 🙂
Seriously this masala shrikhand looks delicious. Will give this recipe to my sister so she makes one for me..:P
That's a wise plan! =D
I've never heard of Shrikhand before but it sounds really yummy! And it just happens to be that I have all of these ingredients at home. Might just have to give it a whirl!
This looks and sounds tasty. I actually have never tried this before, so now I'm intrigued.
I've never heard of or tried this dessert, but after reading this and seeing your photos, I would really like to try it! It looks delicious and sounds like the perfect dessert for me as I don't think it would be overly sweet.
You can adjust de sweetness. I usually use sugar carefully because I don't like it to sweet.
I love using Greek yogurt in my recipes. Your shirkhand looks and sounds absolutely amazing! All the ingredients really come together to make a tasty dish.
Looks so delicious and so easy to make. I like easy recipes.. Can we use sugar substitute instead of actual sugar. will it come out nice
You can try. It can come out good with sweetener and stevia.
I've never had Shrikhand but it looks tasty. And made with Greek Yogurt? Sounds perfect!
I'm a newbie to shrikhand, but your description (and photos) make it look and sound absolutely splendid. Creamy and rich with fruits and nuts! I'm in!
I've never heard of shrikhand, but it looks delicious! I love it when you can just spend five minutes making something the family will enjoy.
This is such a delicious looking dessert or snack! Healthy and I love the spices! Warm and comforting!
I love the culture that goes into this dish. I've never heard of Shrikhand but I do love greek yogurt- I'll have to try it.
The sweetness of Shrikhand that melts in your mouth completes any festive traditional meal. Normally I get it from outside but making it at home will make it special. 😉 Thanks!
This looks fantastic! SO good. Love the pictures, too. Thanks!
I really love your dessert recipes. Easy to do and sooo tasty. I will surely try this recipe too.
I need to check out all of my local Indian restaurants to see if I can find this. I'd love the try it and you make it sound and look so delicious!