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Milk Cake /Palkova without condensed milk

Heavy milk recipe with added minimum sugar
Cook Time2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 10 people

Equipment

  • Heavy bottom silver or iron pan ,loaf tin or silver plate, one long ladle and one long spatula

Ingredients

  • 3 liter Milk
  • 1/2 +1 cup+tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Ghee
  • Cashews/ Pistachio to decorate
  • 1/2 tsp Lemon juice

Instructions

  • 1.Take heavy bottom silver or iron pan .In medium flame bring the milk to boil.
  • 2. Use long ladle or spatula and keep stirring the milk to avoid milk stick to the pan & formation of milk layer on the top.
  • 3.Keep stirring until the milk reduces to half in medium flame.In the meantime ,grease the loaf pan or plate with ghee and keep it ready aside.
  • 4.Once the milk reduces , add the lemon juice .
  • 5. Now ,the milk start to curdle .( where it forms granules like structure) Continue stirring the milk until it become thick and bubbly.
  • 6.When the milk become thick consistency add the sugar in 2 batches.So that the sugar will dissolve with milk completely.
  • 7.Once the sugar dissolve ,the mixture will become little liquid and don't worry.Continue stirring and reduce the flame to low.
  • 8.After few minute of stirring ,the mixture will become thick ,now add the ghee.Milk start to splutters..
  • 9.Be patience ,after few more minute of continuous stirring ,you can see the milk mixture starts to separate from the pan.
  • 10.Milk turns thick and slightly golden color and starts to leave the pan.Now time to transfer the milk mixture to greased loaf pan or silver plate.
  • 11.If you want the center part of milk cake to be brown ,then cover the loaf pan with thick cloth for 3 hours .The cloth will sustain the heat inside the loaf .So that milk will get little more heat in the center which turns to brown color.
  • 12.Or allow it cool completely, with sharp knife separate the milk cake from sides of the loaf pan and reverse the pan and unmold the cake from pam.
  • 13. Cut into medium piece and serve with topped pistachios or cashews
  • 14.Serve warm or cold to unfold the fresh milk cake at home.

Tips:

  • 1.Use full fat milk and keep the flame in medium flame .
  • 2.Avoid using any kind of plastic for this whole recipe.
  • 3.Since milk is main ingredient .Store it in airtight container in refregirator for upto 4 to 5 days
  • 4. If, you not get any granules then add little more lemon juice but not more than that.