Milk Cake – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Coat the base of the kadhai well with a little water and add milk.
• Heat up the milk on medium heat and bring it to boil.
• Reduce the milk to half on medium heat for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Keep on stirring well at the intervals so that milk fats won’t stick to the bottom of the kadhai.
• When the milk reduces to half add lemon juice.
• You can add citric acid or vinegar in place of lemon juice.
• Mix well and continue boiling for the next 15 minutes.
• When the milk thickens up really good add sugar.
• Do not add all the sugar at a time.
• Add 2 tsp sugar at a time and mix well.
• When the sugar melts add the next 2 tsp sugar.
• Continue the process till all the sugar is dissolved in the milk.
• After adding all the sugar, cook the milk until all the moisture from it is removed.
• Grease a tray well with ghee.
• Spread a blanket and place the tray on it.
• Transfer the mixture to the tray and spread evenly quickly.
• Cover the tray and wrap everything into the blanket.
• Let it set as it is wrapped in the blanket for about 4-5 hours.
• It is better if you keep it overnight.
• Open the blanket and take the tray out.
• Loosen the edges with a knife and flip the tray over into a dish.
• Cut the milk cake into pieces of the shape and size you want.
• Milk cake is all-ready.
• You can make a little more than 250 grams of milk cake from 2 liters of milk.