Nolen Gur R Icecream ( eggless icecream made by date palm gur ot jeggery)

'Nolen Gur' or Khejurer  gur or Date Palm Jeggery is a Bengal delicacy  which is mostly available  in winter season.In Bengal,it is called 'Nolen Gur'means New Jeggery . In winter  season it is made from boiling the sap of date palm.  It is used to infuse flavour and taste to many  Bengali desserts like Rasgolla, Gur Sandesh ,payesh or kheer and many more.


One of my facebook freind posted Nolen Gur r icecream or jeggery icecream made by a renowned dairy  farm of West Bengal few days  back. After seeing this post I could not be able to  keep myself away from making this delicious dessert Nolen Gur or Khejurer Gur r Ice cream.

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Preparation  Time-10 minutes
CookingTime -20 minutes 
Setting time -8 hours or more.
Serving  -3
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Ingredients 
Milk-1 cup+1/4 cup
Corn flour-2 tablespoons
Milk Powder-2 tablespoons
Cream-1cup (I used Amul Cream)
Date Palm Jeggery-3/4 cup+ 2 tablespoons  for drizzling )

(If you do not have  Date Palm Jeggery,then you can use any gur or jeggery,in that case just make small bites of that  gur or jeggery and melt it with  little  water on stove on low flame  until 1 or 2 minutes. )


Method
Add 1 cup milk in a pan and  bring it to boil on medium heat.

Mix 2 tablespoons cornflour in 1/4 Cup of cold Milk.Mix with fork properly.

When milk will start boiling, add milk cornflour mixture  and milk powder to the boiling  milk gradually and stir continuously  so that no lumps are formed. Simmer  the gas and cook it on low flame until milk is thickened. Allow the mixture to cool.


When the milk is cool ,add 3/4 th cup of Nolen Gur or jeggery to the thickened  milk and stir constantly with whisk for around 3-4 minutes.

Now take a large vessel half filled with Ice cold water. Place the bowl of thickened milk on it and add cream and mix . Pour this mixture into a bowl (preferably glass or plastic) and cover tightly with cling wrap and freeze.


Take the mixture out after 2 hours and beat it  with a spatula or fork till as much as water crystals are broken. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate again.Repeat this step for 4 times after every 2 hours. Then Freeze the ice cream  until set.

Scoop and serve with drizzled Nolen Gur.

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                           Pictorial Recipe

Add 1 cup milk in a pan and bring it to boil

Mix 2 tablespoons  cornflour in 1/4cup cold milk then add into the boiling milk .

Add 2 tablespoons  milk  powder and stir,cook on low flame until milk is thickened. Allow the milk to cool.

Add date palm jeggery or gur into the cold thickened milk and stir.

 

Now take a large vessel half filled with Ice cold water. Place the bowl of thickened milk on it and add cream and mix.

Pour this mixture into a bowl (preferably glass or plastic) and cover tightly with cling wrap and freeze.

Take the mixture out after 2 hours and beat it  with a spatula or fork till as much as water crystals are broken. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate again.Repeat this step for 4 times after every 2 hours. Then Freeze the ice cream  until set.