Belagavi kunda
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A rich, grainy brown milk sweet of Belagavi made by slowly cooking milk with curd and caramelised sugar.
Region: Belagavi, KarnatakaOccasion: Festivals, gifting and celebrationsTime: 1 hour 30 minServes: 6Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 litres full-cream milk
- ½ cup curd
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp ghee
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- Chopped almonds or cashews to garnish
Method
- Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy wide pan. Stir in the curd so that the milk splits into fine grains.
- Simmer on low heat, stirring often, until the milk reduces to a thick, grainy mass.
- In a separate pan, melt 3 tbsp of the sugar until it turns a deep caramel, then add it carefully to the milk.
- Add the rest of the sugar and the ghee and keep cooking, stirring, until the mixture turns brown and thick.
- Add cardamom and cook until it holds together in soft grains.
- Cool and serve garnished with nuts.
History
Kunda is the best-known sweet of Belagavi, a city on the border of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa, and is sold in its many sweet shops.
Significance
Kunda is bought in Belagavi to share at festivals and family events and is taken home by visitors as a gift.