Bengali Aam Doi Or Bengali Mango Flavored Yogurt

Name: Bengali Aam Doi
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: Ripe Mango 1; Whole Or Full Fat Milk 1ltr. Or Evaporated Milk 1 cup; Sour Curd 1 cup; Sweetend Condensed Milk 1 cup; Brown Sugar 4 tablespoons; Chopped Pista & saffron threds for garnishing

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Apr 12, 2014
Moumita Ghosh
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Bengali Misti Doi is very much popular in all over the India as well as in some of the other countries too. Yogurt dessert is an integral part of Bengali cuisine. Now for the uninitiated, a bit about Bengal and Bengali food: The Indian state of West Bengal is known for its rich culinary heritage and the use of certain distinctive ingredients such as fresh-water fish and  mustard, which give its food a unique flavor. Mishti Doi Or Sweet Yogurt is a dessert prepared by slowly cooking milk and sugar till reduced to a thick consistency and then adding a bit of yogurt to ferment the milk. Once the milk has fermented into yogurt, it is chilled and served cold.

Aam doi is nowadays become very famous as the Misti Doi in West Bengal. This Aam Doi tasted very nice and flavorful and very much refreshing in summer days. I made this "Aam Doi" in traditional way. This is not a baked yogurt. This is the yogurt made with Fresh Mango Pulp. Here is the recipe.

Details

Yields

5 serving(s)

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Time

Preperation
60 Minutes

Cooking
60 Minutes

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Cooking Level
Easy

Meal Type
Dessert

Cuisine
Bengali

Ingredients of Bengali Aam Doi

Ripe Mango 1
Whole Or Full Fat Milk 1ltr. Or Evaporated Milk 1 cup
Sour Curd 1 cup
Sweetend Condensed Milk 1 cup
Brown Sugar 4 tablespoons
Chopped Pista & saffron threds for garnishing

Directions to make Bengali Aam Doi in steps

Steps

Take the ripe mango and peel it. Now chop the mango into chunks and make mango puree by grinding the chunks in a food processor. Take the mango puree out of the food processor and pour into a bowl.
Now take a cheese cloth and pour the sour curd on the cheese cloth and tie and hang from your kitchen tap for 1 hour.
Now take the milk in a sauce pan and place on heat to boil the milk. Boil the milk till the quantity becomes 1/4 of the original amount.
But keep eye on the boiling milk and stirring constantly to prevent burning from the bottom. When the milk will come 1/4 of the original amount, turn off the heat and let the milk to cool down. The milk should cool down from hot to look warm.
If you are using Evaporated milk, you may skip this step. Just warm the Evaporated milk little bit before adding the milk with the curd.
Take an ovenproof bowl, add the hung curd into it. Spread the curd inside the bowl by using your hand.
Now add the look warm milk, condensed milk and mix them all together very gently. Make sure there should be no lumps. After mixing them, add the mango puree to the milk mixture and again mix them gently.
Now pre-heat the oven on 200F and place the Aam Doi mixture inside the pre-heated oven for 1 hour or until the yogurt sets.
When you fill the yogurt is settled , turn off the oven and let the yogurt inside the oven for overnight.
In the morning remove the Aam Doi from the oven and place inside the refrigerator for chilling.
Remove the "Aam Doi" just before serving your guests.

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Serving Tips

Aam Doi should be served at the end of a full course Indian Lunch menu. And it should be served chilled.

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