Rose Kalakand in 4 minutes and 4 ingredients in Microwave-Only 4 minutes and 4 ingredients to make this quick and easy Rose Kalakand. With only one bowl to clean,its one of the easiest desserts to make. Does not require any food coloring or Rose extract, all the flavor and color are from readymade Rose Sharbat and Rose water.
I played around with the ingredients of my Kalakand recipe and tweaked it a bit to make this super easy Rose kalakand in 4 minutes and with 4 ingredients in the microwave. I added the Rose sharbat and Rose water for the flavor instead of the traditional cardamom/elaichi and saffron flavor. I have used Rooh Afza brand Rose Sharbat concentrate, readily available in all Indian grocery stores. if you don’t have rose sharbat, use a few drops of red food color along with Rose essence/extract. The color is very pretty and the edible silver warq/leaf on top with chopped nuts make it very attractive.
I had tried the same recipe of Rose kalakand with some gulkand. Though the taste was nice, The gulkand being a little brown in color, took away from the pretty pink color and the bits and pieces of gulaknd actually made it hard to cut and get clean pieces. Below is the picture of Rose kalakand with gulkand mixed in. As you can see below the kalakand has brown tones and the gulkand makes it hard to cut and get clean square pieces.
I have put together a collection of 22 easy Indian desserts ready in 10 minutes or less. You will make these again and again for the ease, simplicity and taste.
Some other easy dessert recipes to try out are-
Mishti Doi-Easy Stir and Set Recipe
Mango Mousse without eggs gelatin or agar agar
Instant Rabri from Ricotta Cheese/Instant Rabri In oven
Instant Rabri which requires only 4 ingredients and 4 minutes.
Moving on to the recipe, here is the written recipe followed by the step by step pictorial one-
Rose kalakand in 4 minutes in Microwave
Equipment
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1 microwave safe rectangle dish
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1 spatula
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1 measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Milk Powder Full fat(I used Nido brand)
- 5 tbsp condensed milk
- 150 ml heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp plus 1 tsp Rose Syrup/Sherbet/sharbat I used Rooh Afza brand
- 1-2 tsp Rose water for dabbing on top
For Garnish
- chopped pistachios
- Silver warq/edible silver leaf optional
- Rose petals
Instructions
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Mix all the ingredients in a microwave safe rectangular dish
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Cook in the microwave for 1 minute, stir it
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Place again in the microwave for 1 more minute and stir after removing
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Place again in the microwave for 1 more minute and stir
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Put it back in the microwave for an additional 30 seconds, mix and again for 30 seconds, if needed(by now it should come together and solidify)
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(BE VERY CAREFUL, IT MIGHT BOIL OVER. WATCH THE MICROWAVE, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BOIL OVER,STOP, PAUSE, CONTINUE COOKING)
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Place wax/parchment paper on top and smoothen the top by rubbing the bottom of a flat bowl,glass or cup
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Dab some rose water on top of the kalakand and let it rest for 5-7 minutes
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Use a very sharp knife to cut into squares(Keep dipping knife in very hot water, wiping the knife and cutting to get clean pieces)
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Garnish with silver warq/edible silver leaf(optional),chopped pistachios and dry rose petals
Notes
Here is the step by step pictorial recipe-
Ingredients
In a microwave safe rectangular,put milk powder,whipping cream,condensed milk and Rose sherbet(Rooh Afza)
Mix all the ingredients with a spoon
Cook in the microwave for 1 minute, stir it
Place again in the microwave for 1 more minute and stir after removing
Place again in the microwave for 1 more minute and stir
Put it back in the microwave for an additional 30 seconds, mix and microwave again for 30 seconds,if needed (by now it should come together and solidify)
The pictures below are taken at 1 minutes intervals
Its 1 minute,stir,1 minute,stir and again one more minute
After 3 minutes microwave at 30 second intervals, as microwaves wary in wattage
(BE VERY CAREFUL, IT MIGHT BOIL OVER. WATCH THE MICROWAVE, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BOIL OVER,STOP, PAUSE, CONTINUE COOKING)
Place wax/parchment paper on top and smoothen the top by rubbing the bottom of a flat bowl,glass or cup
Dab some rose water on top of the kalakand and let it rest for 5-7 minutes
Use a very sharp knife to cut into squares(Keep dipping knife in very hot water, wiping the knife and cutting to get clean pieces)
Garnish with silver warq(optional),chopped pistachios and dry rose petals
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Poonam
Hi, can milk powder be replaced with the milk mawa powder found in Indian store?
Aanchal Gupta
Hi Poonam I haven’t tried with mawa powder, so not very sure.