Basundi Recipe | Basundi Sweet

Name: Basundi Recipe | Basundi Sweet
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ can sweetened condensed milk (- 200 grams or ½ cup + 2 tablespoons); 2 cups whole milk; ½ teaspoon cardamom powder (or 4 to 5 green cardamoms, powdered in a mortar-pestle); 6 cashews (- slivered or chopped); 10 pistachios (- slivered or chopped, unsalted); 8 almonds (- slivered or chopped); 10 to 12 saffron strands; 2 to 3 pinches grated nutmeg (or nutmeg powder); 2 tablespoons chironji ((charoli seeds)); 1 to 2 tablespoons almond slivers; 1 to 2 tablespoons pistachio slivers (- unsalted)

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:20min

Basundi is a creamy Indian sweet made by thickening milk and flavoring it with cardamom, nutmeg and nuts. It is a popular dessert from western India. This quick version uses sweetened condensed milk and gets ready in about 25 minutes.

Updated at: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:34:58 GMT