Avocado Kalakand - A twist to regular kalakand for 1 million page views :)

Erivum Puliyum has crossed 1,000,000 page views recently and I noticed it yesterday !!! A very happy moment to me and I would like to thank each one of you who have been/had been part of this space at some time or the other during this wonderful journey.A big word of thanks who have liked/followed  my page on facebook,pinterest,google plus and twitter account.A note of appreciation to all who have shared this page to their family and friends.Initially(in 2011) when I started this blog,I never was bothered of followers,page views,likes on facebook page and it was a slow pace start though I had been updating the page regularly.This page was never created to show how much I cook but was just to inspire others to learn simple healthy dishes which can be recreated at home with your love and passion and to preserve my tried,tasted recipes.This page is my online diary of recipes that has been open to all who love cooking and wish to learn cooking.I hope the tour was interesting; any valuable suggestions,healthy critique is always welcome.Thank you all once again-readers,friends,followers and my dear family members who have been a big support throughout this travel.

Coming back to today's recipe- Avocado Kalakand.No celebration is complete without sweet and so my visual treat to all is this tempting sweet.Kalakand is a sweet made with milk and is very popular in the sweet shops(halwai)in North India.Though the original recipe is a very tedious process but this is made simpler with paneer or cottage cheese.I added avocado and that was an instant hit at my place.It had a natural sea green color with no obvious taste differences but at the same time I was happy to sneak in avocado in a healthy way.Do give it a try if you like kalakand  and u'll surely enjoy this esp you'll have kids asking for more :)

Ingredients
crumbled paneer 1 cup(click here for homemade paneer) 
avocado pulp 1/2 cup
sugar 1/2 cup
cardamom powder 3/4 tsp or 5 pods
almond sliced 2tbsp/pistachio chopped 2 tbsp
ghee 1tsp

to make home made paneer
milk 1 lit 
lemon juice 2tbsp/ vinegar 1tbsp

Method

If you're making homemade paneer,then use this link here to make paneer.

•  In a heavy bottomed non stick pan,add the avocado pulp and sugar,heat it.Cook till it starts reducing and becomes thick.
• Powder the cardamom and chop the almonds/pitachio.Keep aside.
• Add the crumbled paneer in this and keep stirring till it becomes thick and starts to leave the sides of the pan.Switch off flame and add the cardamom powder,mix well.

• Grease a plate with ghee and transfer the mixture to the plate.Spread it evenly(dip a spoon in ghee and using the back of the spoon,make it even) in 1 " thickness.
• Garnish with chopped almonds or pistachios.Press down with the back of the spoon gently.
• Refrigerate for 2-3 hours until firm.Cut in squares and serve !!

Servings ~12-16 pieces

NOTES

* You can use condensed milk instead of sugar.

* I have used  homemade paneer.You can use store brought cottage cheese/ricotta cheese or paneer for this recipe.
* If you wish to replace avocado with mangoes or any other fruit,go ahead and try with the same quantity measures.

for more sweet recipes,click here.

More recipes using avocado

Avocado milkshake

Avocado Chutney
Baked Avocado fritters
Guacamole

Try & enjoy !!

  
 Cheers,