Kinnow delight | Kinoo delight | Kinu delight | How to make Mandarin dessert with step by step instructions
Kinnow delight | Kinoo delight | Kinu delight is a creamy fruity dessert made using Mandarin, that is worth trying when markets are flooded with kinnow.
This dessert is delight to eat and pretty easy to make with few handy ingredients like hung curd, heavy cream, sugar, agar agar, cornstarch along with fresh kinnow juice.
It looks attractive when served in kinnow shells which imparts great flavour to this dessert.
Yogurt adds tang to this citrus flavored dessert. It’s so pretty and refreshing too.
Similarly I have shared the recipe of Watermelon jelly, that is a lovely homemade and easy dessert loved by kids as well adults also.
Few years ago when I saw this fabulous dessert shared on one of the FB food group, I decided to give it a try.
Somehow it took a backseat, I completely forgot about this. But this year, when I saw kinnow/Mandarin flooding the markets, I jumped with joy and took out my notes, and voila, it is here on my blog as a wonderful addition to the list of desserts.
What is Kinnow/Kinoo/kinu in Kinnow delight | Kinoo delight | Kinu delight?
According to Wikipedia, this fruit is a high yield mandarin and is a hybrid of two citrus cultivators ‘King’ and ‘Willow.
You can call of a kinnow as the foreign cousin of desi orange. Moreover kinnow is much more juicier than orange.
In addition to that kinnow has a thicker skin that’s tight. Whereas Oranges are known to have very light and thin skin that you can easily peel.
It’s majorly grown in indian states like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and even Haryana.
In the last I would suggest you to check my other Dessert recipes.
Coming back the recipe of Kinnow delight | Kinoo delight | Kinu delight, let’s begin making this delicious dessert recipe.
Step by step instructions and pictorial presentation to make Kinnow delight | Kinoo delight | Kinu delight
Let’s pre prepare few things beforehand to make this dessert.
1. First take Curd and hang it for about 4 hours to make hung Curd in advance.
2. Take all the 5 kinnow and cut each one from head side to make it like a cup (as shown in picture)
Remove complete pulp and juice from kinnow with the help of a spoon. Be careful that the shell of kinnow remains intact.
Strain the pulp and keep juice aside.
Divide this juice in two equal (2.5+2.5) portions.
3. Prepare agar agar as per the instructions on the pack.
To make bottom layer
Beat the cream with hand blender. To this add hung curd and mix it nicely. keep aside.
Now take half of kinnow juice and add sugar, boil it till sugar melts. Add a pinch of yellow food colour. Stir and keep aside for cooling.
Once this juice mixture cools down, add this into cream & Curd mixture and mix well.
Now add agar agar mixture and combine well with cream, curd, and juice mixture.
Take earlier prepared Kinnow shells and fill them with this bottom layer mixture (cream& hung curd). If any excess, set it in a bowl and keep all in the fridge for 2 hours to set.
To make top layer
Take half of the remaining juice and add sugar, 1 pinch of orange colour and warm it till sugar dissolves.
To this add Arrowroot/cornstarch diluted in room temperature water, stir till the mixture thickens. Let it cool.
To assemble
After 2 hours take out set kinnow shells/bowls (that are filled with cream & curd mix) from the fridge.
Slowly spread top layer (orange) mixture over each Kinnow, and again set it in a fridge for about 2 hours.
Garnish it with mint leaves and serve chilled. Your orange delight is ready to devour.
Recipe card 🔽
Kinnow delight | Kinoo delight | Kinu delight
Ingredients
- Kinnow - 5
For bottom layer
- Juice of 2+1/2 kinnow
- Curd/yogurt 400 gms
- Heavy whipping Cream 1 liter
- Sugar 100 gms
- Agar agar - 1.5 tsp
- Pinch of yellow food colour
To make top layer
- Juice of 2+1/3 kinnow
- Corn flour/Arrowroot powder 1.25 tbsp
- Sugar 75 gms
- A pinch of orange food colour
Instructions
Let's pre prepare few things beforehand to make this dessert.
- First take Curd and hang it for about 4 hours to make hung Curd in advance.
- Take all the 5 kinnow and cut each one from head side to make it like a cup (as shown in picture)
- Remove complete pulp and juice from kinnow with the help of a spoon. Be careful that the shell of kinnow remains intact.
- Strain the pulp and keep juice aside.
- Divide this juice in two equal (2.5+2.5) portions.
- Prepare agar agar as per the instructions on the pack.
To make bottom layer
- Beat the cream with hand blender. To this add hung curd and mix it nicely. keep aside.
- Now take half of kinnow juice and add sugar, boil it till sugar melts. Add a pinch of yellow food colour. Stir and keep aside for cooling.
- Once this juice mixture cools down, add this into cream & Curd mixture and mix well.
- Now add agar agar mixture and combine well with cream, curd, and juice mixture.
- Take earlier prepared Kinnow shells and fill them with this bottom layer mixture (cream& hung curd). If any excess, set it in a bowl and keep all in the fridge for 2 hours to set.
To make top layer
- Take half of the remaining juice and add sugar, 1 pinch of orange colour and warm it till sugar dissolves.
- To this add Arrowroot/cornstarch diluted in room temperature water, stir till the mixture thickens. Let it cool.
- To assemble
- After 2 hours take out set kinnow shells/bowls (that are filled with cream & curd mix) from the fridge.
- Slowly spread top layer (orange) mixture over each Kinnow, and again set it in a fridge for about 2 hours.
- Garnish it with mint leaves and serve chilled. Your orange delight is ready to devour.
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