Bhapa doi with Alphonso mango and lime jelly

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Bhapa doi is an Indian dessert of steamed yoghurt sweetened with condensed milk. This delicious take on the dish is served with a lime jelly and fresh mango – look out for the prized Alphonso mangoes which have a short season of April to June.

First published in 2021

Ingredients

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Bhapa doi

Lime jelly

  • 180g of water
  • 50g of caster sugar
  • 1 pinch of citric acid
  • 1 lime, zested
  • 2 gelatine leaves, soaked in cold water for 5-10 minutes
  • 20g of lime juice

To finish

Method

1
Preheat an oven to 100°C/ gas mark 1/4. Mix the bhapa doi ingredients together and pour into an ovenproof container. Place the container in a larger tray filled with hot water to create a bain-marie. Steam in the oven for 25 minutes until just set (although it will set firmer as it cools, so don't worry if it's still very wobbly). Leave to cool, then cover and refrigerate for 4–6 hours to set
2
To make the lime jelly, place the water, sugar, citric acid and lime zest into a pan and bring to the boil then take off the heat
  • 180g of water
  • 50g of caster sugar
  • 1 pinch of citric acid
  • 1 lime, zested
3
Squeeze the gelatine leaves to drain off the water, then stir into the warm sugar syrup. Stir in the lime juice then pass through s fine sieve into a container. Cover and place in the fridge to set
  • 2 gelatine leaves, soaked in cold water for 5-10 minutes
  • 20g of lime juice
4
To serve, add 3 neat quenelles of the bhapa doi to each plate and lean 3 wedges of mango against them. Dice the jelly into 1cm cubes and add 3 cubes to each plate. Garnish with mint leaves
First published in 2021

After falling in love with European fine dining and working for the likes of Pierre Koffmann and Alain Roux, Sameer Taneja turned his attention to Indian flavours to become one of London's most esteemed chefs.

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