India is known worldwide for its milk based sweets, desserts and puddings. Milk and milk products are part and parcel of each and every person be it a celebration or ritual or whatever it may be. Value addition of milk assures a decent income for dairy farmers. The most popular traditional dairy products and their method of preparation are mentioned below:
Milk cake
Ingredients: Milk: 1 litre; Sugar: 60 gms; Citric acid: one pinch.
Boil milk in a thick bottom pan for three minutes and add citric acid solution. Continue desiccation until the volume is reduced to 50 per cent of the original milk. Add sugar and desiccate further with fast stirring to obtain dough-like consistency. Transfer the hot dough to greased tray, and cool slowly in an insulated box for 5-6 hrs or cool the bottom of the tray in chilled water to enhance colour differential in top and bottom layers. When cooled, cut into desired shapes and pack in parchment....
