Indian milk fudge made with condensed milk and cottage cheese.
The traditional way of making this sweet is very time consuming,but using paneer/cottage cheese make it easy and quick,instead of making paneer at home,you can also use readymade fresh paneer.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Full fat milk  -2 liter
  • Condensed milk – 400 ml
  • Milk powder – 3 tablespoon
  • Citric acid/tatri -1/2 teaspoon
  • Cardamom powder -1/2 teaspoon
  • Pistachio /almonds -15
  • Silvar leaf/vark – 3 (optional)
PREPARATION METHOD:
  1. In a heavy bottom pan add milk and let it come to a boil.
  2. Mix citric acid in 1.5 tbsp of water and mix well and keep aside.
  3. When milk start boiling add the dissolved citric acid in it.
  4. Cook on low flame till the milk curdle completely.
  5. Put a muslin cloth over a strainer and strain the curdled milk in it.
  6. Wash it well with fresh water to remove all the traces of citric acid .
  7. Tightly tie the cloth and put some weight over it to strain the whey.wait for around 15 minutes.
  8. In a nonstick pan or heavy bottom pan add the condensed milk and heat it for a minute.
  9. Add crumbled paneer(no need to mash the paneer,just crumble it) in it and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
  10. Keep stirring the mixture otherwise it may stick to the bottom of the pan and burn.
  11. Now add milk powder and cook till the mixture started to thicken and started leaving the pan and looks lumpy like a dough.
  12. Add chopped pistachio and cardamom powder.
  13. Spread the mixture in a greased plate and level it with a greased spatula.
  14. The thickness of kalakand should be around 1/2 inch .
  15. Apply silvar vark or sprinkle some chopped nuts over it.
  16. Let it set for minimum 25- 30 minutes.
  17. Cut into pieces and serve.