Who exactly discovered kulfi? While history does not point to one specific inventor. The desert traces its origins to Mughal times when people figured out that they could use salt petre to keep Himalayan ice intact, even in a tropical country like ours.

So, in the era that precedes cold storage technology, desert chefs in royal kitchen boiled and churned milk & cream, flavored it with nuts and saffron, and poured it into earthenware pots to make kulfi.

Now a days we have our favorite different varieties in kulfi but nothing come close to the Kesar & Pista Kulfi. This sweet smooth and indulgent desert has taken many avatars since and today we have no dearth of kulfi variant. It can be served on Matka, also from the plastic moulds or simply on the sticks .