Kaju Kishmish Ice Cream

An easy no-churn ice cream made with cashews and raisins! This Kaju Kishmish Ice Cream requires only few ingredients and makes a refreshing summer treat!

Ingredients for the Ice Cream

This recipes uses 5 basic ingredients, 6 if you count the vanilla!

Heavy cream: you need heavy cream with minimum fat percentage of 35% to make no-churn ice creams. Do not use low fat cream here, it will not work and your ice cream will not be creamy enough.

Condensed milk: the sweetened condensed milk makes the perfect pair with the heavy cream for the no-churn ice cream. The combination of heavy cream and milk powder results in an ice cream which is creamy and has no crystals.

The recipe uses a 14 oz can of condensed milk, however you can add a little less if you prefer your ice cream to be not very sweet.

I would suggest adding 75% of the can in the that case.

Cashews: for this recipe, I have used unsalted, raw cashews. I roughly chopped them before using in the recipe.

Raisins: the other star ingredients of this recipe is raisin. I have used golden raisins here, the black raisins should also work.

Milk powder: we need milk powder here for the quick mawa recipe that we make for the ice cream base.

My recommendation for dried milk powder is always Nestle Nido. It’s a smooth milk powder which works very well for not only this ice cream but also for Indian sweets like this chocolate burfi

The last ingredient for this ice cream is vanilla extract. Do use pure vanilla extract for best results.

If you want, you can even add some ground cardamom here. I really wanted to add it but Sarvesh told me the one in India didn’t have any cardamom in it so I skipped it.

Freezing the Ice Cream

Use an ice cream container to freeze it. I like a silicone one that I have.

I also like to cover mine with a plastic wrap first and then cover with a lid. This helps prevent freezer burn.

Freeze overnight for best results. This ice cream becomes quite solid when frozen, so leave it out for 10 minutes at room temperature before serving.

Serve in bowls or waffles cones (that’s my favorite) and enjoy!

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cup + 1/4 cup heavy cream 16 oz + 2 oz, divided
• 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon milk powder 43 grams
• 1/2 cup cashews 70 grams, raw, unsalted, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup golden raisins 70 grams
• 14 oz can condensed milk or add only 3/4 of the can to reduce sweetness
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

• To a small pan on medium heat, add 1/4 cup (2 oz) heavy cream. Add milk powder to it.
  
• Mix until both are well combined and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
  
• Then add the cashews and raisins and cook for around 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat. The milk powder and cream mixture solidifies (becomes like mawa/khoya). Remove pan from heat and let it cool down a bit.
  
• Meanwhile, beat the remaining 2 cups (16 oz) heavy cream using the wire whisk attachment of your stand mixer (or use your hand mixer), until it forms peaks. Remember to not over-beat else it will separate. Set it aside.

  It’s a good idea to chill the bowl and the whisk attachment for 20 minutes before you beat the cream in it. The cream should also be cold.

  
• Add condensed milk to a large bowl and then add vanilla extract to it and mix.
  
• Start adding the whipped cream into the condensed milk. Take a small amount of the whipped cream and start mixing by moving the spatula in one direction. Fold the whipped cream in parts and fold slowly until all of the whipped cream is combined.
  
• Then, add the prepare mawa-cashew-raisins mixture. Mix until it’s all combined with the base.
  
• Transfer ice cream to an ice cream container (or any freezer safe container) and freeze overnight.

  To serve, take out the ice cream from the freezer and let it remain at room temperature for 10 minutes. Then scoop and serve.

  

Cre: Cookwithmanali