Jigarthanda- Madurai special

Jigarthanda is a famous drink with the origin Madurai. Healthy summer drink made with thickened milk. Badam pisin which is an edible gum from almond tree. It's a body coolant during summer. Also nannari syrup is added to the drink, which is also known as Sarsaparilla, a refreshing agent. Jigarthanda have a  special ice cream famously known as jigarthanda ice cream will post the recipe soon.

Preparation time: 10mins

Cook time: 30mins

Total time: 40mins

Serves: 4

Cuisine: Indian

Type: Sweet

Author:  Nivi Marshal

Ingredients:

Full fat milk - ½ litre

Sugar - 3tbsp

Hot Water - 3tbsp

Ice cream* - 1 scoop

Almond gum (badam pisin) - 1tbsp

Nannari syrup - 2tbsp

Mawa/Khoya - 4tbsp

*Ice cream of any flavour, preferred vanilla or jigarthanda ice cream

Jigarthanda

How to prepare jigarthanda:

• Soak the almond gum in water overnight and wash it and keep it in the fridge.
• Boil the water n keep it ready.
• In a heavy bottom pan add the sugar and heat it in low temperature till it melts and starts to change brown in colour. Immediately add hot water to it and heat for a minute to make sure no sugar crystals are found. The caramelized sugar is ready.
• In a pan add the milk and boil it and stir occasionally till it reduces to half the quantity.
• Now add the caramelized sugar to the boiling milk and boil for 2more mins. Reduced milk for jigarthanda is ready. Cool it and refrigerate.
• When it's ready to serve, take a glass and add a tbsp of badam pisin, pour nannari syrup over it. Now add the reduced milk along with a tbsp of khoya. Garnish with a scoop of ice cream. Jigarthanda is ready to serve.

 

Tips:

• If you want to make the easiest version of jigarthanda ice cream, keep the vanilla ice cream out of the freezer for 5mins, add the caramelized sugar to it and mix well, freeze the ice c. Now the easiest version of jigarthanda ice cream is ready.
• Soaked badam pisin can be stored and used for a week.
• If you want to prepare Mawa at home boil ½ litre of milk till it reduces and thickens. Add sugar if you prefer sweetened khoya.