Step 1

Firstly take 1 litre full fat milk in a large and heavy sauce pan or pan or kadai.

Step 2

On a low flame or low heat, bring the milk to a boil. Do stir when the milk gets heated up, so that it does not burn from the bottom.

Step 3

Stir once the milk comes to a boil and add the malai (clotted cream) back to the milk.

Step 4

Continue to cook milk on low flame till it reduces to ⅓ of its original volume.

Step 5

Keep on stirring and remove the clotted cream (malai) which forms on top of the milk and add it back to the milk.

Step 6

Also keep on scraping the dried milk solids from the sides and add them back to the milk.

Step 7

This way stirring often, reduce the milk to ⅓ of its original volume.

Step 8

Do stir and scrape often so that the milk does not get browned or burnt from the bottom as well as the sides.

Step 9

Keep the flame to a low and add ⅓ cup sugar.

Step 10

Stir so that the sugar dissolves.

Step 11

Then add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder.

Step 12

Next add a pinch of saffron strands.

Step 13

Then add 2 tablespoons chopped almonds or sliced almonds.

Step 14

Then add 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped pistachios or sliced pistachios.

Step 15

Then add 2 tablespoons chopped cashews.

Step 16

Add ½ cup cream. You can use low fat (25% to 35% fat) cream.

Step 17

Mix the cream very well with the rabri mixture.

Step 18

On a low heat or low flame, just gently bring to one boil. When the kulfi mixture comes to a boil, then switch off the stove.

Step 19

Add 2 teaspoon rose water or kewra water. Mix very well.

Step 20

Cover and let the mixture cool at room temperature.

Step 21

Once done, pour the malai kulfi mixture in kulfi moulds or popsicle moulds or kulhads or matka.

Step 22

Cover tightly with lids or aluminium foil. Freeze malai kulfi for 7 to 8 hours or overnight.

Step 23

Before serving malai kulfi, take the kulfi mould and just warm it by moving it between your palms.

Step 24

With the back of a spoon, slid through the sides. If used a kulhad or matka, then directly have the malai kufli from it.

Step 25

Place the malai kulfi on a serving plate or tray. Sprinkle some finely chopped pistachios or almonds on top. addition of finely chopped pistachios or almonds is optional and you can skip this step.

Step 26

Serve malai kulfi immediately.