Recipes with milk

Milk is the base of many of the sweets, drinks and desserts in this library: kheer, firni, falooda, masala chai, lassi and halwa. This page lists the dishes that use milk as an essential ingredient, so a spare litre can turn into dessert.

Milk catches on the bottom of a pan quickly, so the recipes call for low heat and regular stirring. Most of these dishes are vegetarian but not vegan.

Storage and swaps: use full-fat milk for kheer and firni, since low-fat milk gives a thinner result. Evaporated milk can replace part of the milk in desserts to save time. Oat or almond milk will work in drinks like chai, but sweets that rely on reduced milk will set and taste differently.

This collection has 33 dishes, including Gajar Halwa, Kheer, Masala Chai. A typical recipe takes about 40 minutes, and each one comes with step-by-step instructions and cooking timers.