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Jigarthanda Recipe | Madurai Special Jigarthanda
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Jigarthanda Recipe | Madurai Special Jigarthanda

Jigarthanda is a famous drink from Madurai a small city in Tamil Nadu. The main ingredients used in jigarthanda are Almond Gum, Nannari syrup, milk and Ice Cream.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time20 minutes
Freezing Time8 hours
Total Time9 hours 20 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: TamilNadu
Servings: 4
Calories:

Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml

Ingredients

For Vanilla Ice Cream

  • 1 cup Full Fat Milk
  • ¼ cup Condensed Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence

Instructions 

  • Start boiling ½ lit of milk in a sauce pan. Once it comes to a boil Simmer it and then add in the Sugar and unsweetened Khoya and mix well till they get completely dissolved and blended well with milk. Continue boiling until the milk becomes thick and reduced to half of its quantity. By this time the milk would have slightly changed its colour. This is the reduced milk. Once it becomes cool. Store it in the refrigerator till we use. I prepared the reduced milk the previous night and stored it.
  • In a big bowl put the Almond Gum/Badam pisin and add in water .Close the bowl and leave it overnight without disturbing. I used a very big bowl and for 10 big pieces of badam pisin I got around 2 cups in the morning. If you find any black or brown particles in the almond gum discard them and then use.
  • To prepare the ice-cream in a mixing bowl take the fresh cream. Whip it in high speed with an electric hand blender or stand mixer for about 3 mins. The cream would have doubled in size and become thick.
  • Now add in the condensed milk and whip once gain such that both cream and condensed milk are blended evenly. This is the ice cream base we can customize the ice cream with as many flavours as we need.
  • Next add in the Vanilla Essence and whip for another 30 secs. In a freezer safe bowl pour the ice-cream base.
  • Freeze it for minimum 8 hours or overnight for it to get set.
  • Now assemble all the ingredients needed to prepare Jigarthanda. I prepared the reduced milk, Badam Pisin and Vanilla Ice cream the previous day and store it. So the next day it was easy for me to assemble it. Now take the serving glass add in 1 tbsp of Nannari Syrup .Next add in a generous scoop of badam pisin as you desire. Then add in 2 tbsp of Chilled Milk.
  • Next add in the Reduced Milk till it reaches ¾ level of the serving glass. Mix everything together. Finally add in a scoop of ice cream and serve.

Notes

         If all the ingredients are ready making Jigarthanda is really a easy job.As we need to just assemble and serve.
  •  You will get Badam Pisin and Nannari Syrup in Naatu Maruthu Kadai (Country drug shop) .However I have seen Badam Pisin also in Nilgiris super market.
  •  Adjust the quatity of Badam Pisin and Nannari Syrup as per your preferences.
  •    I have used Vanilla Ice cream for this jigarthanda. However the original Jigarthanda recipe uses Khoya Ice Cream (Will share the recipe soon.)
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