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Recipe for the Week – Eggless Mango Cheesecake (Baking Partners Challenge #9)
11:51:00 am
I’ve been missing for some days,
haven’t I?? Blame it on the endless weddings happening around me!! There are
about 2-3 weddings every week, and they all insist the guests participate in
all the functions – so do the math and calculate the number of biryani I’ll end
up eating!! It’s playing havoc with my healthy diet, although I do restrict the
number of invites I attend J.
Coming to this month’s Baking Partner’s
Challenge – it’s something I’ve been wanting to try for quite some time –
Cheesecake without cream cheese! Where I live, it’s extremely rare to find
cream cheese on supermarket shelves, and even if it’s available, the price is a
putoff. So this recipe’s paneer-hung curd combo has worked like a dream!!
The original recipe is from Divine Taste, and I’ve followed it to
the T. I don’t have much experience with cheesecake, so I didn’t dare
experiment much J.
What you’ll need:
For the Crust:
160 g digestive biscuits crushed (I
used Britannia)
100 g salted butter, softened and cut
into cubes
For the Cheesecake Filling:
160 g powdered sugar
800 g thick yogurt (I used Milky Mist)
400 g Paneer (I used Milky Mist)
375 ml water
15 g China Grass (I used Bakers)
1 cup of mango puree
1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Mango Glaze:
½ cup mango puree
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp lime juice
What you’re going to do:
Overnight Prep:
Place the yogurt in a muslin cloth
placed in a colander, over a bowl and let it drain overnight. By morning, you
should get about 400 g of thick, creamy hung curd.
Note: I used low fat curd (mistake), and so I
ended up with about 300 g of hung curd. I went ahead anyway without any major
disasters J.
For the Crust:
1. Break the biscuits into pieces and
grind them to a powder. Drop in the butter and process again till well
combined.
2. Remove the mixture and press it
evenly into the base of an 8” deep round springform pan. Chill in the fridge
for half an hour.
For the Cheesecake Filling:
1. Break the china grass into small
pieces and soak in 375 ml water for about 10 minutes till soft.
2. Squeeze the paneer to get rid of all
the excess water. In a blender jar, process the paneer and hung curd till
smooth and creamy. Transfer this mix to a large bowl.
3. In a saucepan, heat the mango puree
over a medium flame, without letting it boil.
4. In another saucepan, place the
softened china grass-water mix and stir on low heat till completely melted, for
about 5-6 minutes. Do not let it boil.
5. Pour this hot melted china grass
solution into the hot mango puree, stirring continuously. Both mixtures need to be very hot.
Slowly add this mango mix into the yogurt-cheese mixture.
6. Stir in the sugar and vanilla, and
whisk well till completely blended.
7. Pour this mixture over the prepared
crust, level with a spoon and chill in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours or till
firm.
For the Mango Glaze:
1. Place all the ingredients for the
glaze in a saucepan and cook over medium heat.
2. When it begins to boil, reduce the
flame and cook for 3 to 4 minutes more. Allow to come to room temperature.
3. Spread the glaze over the cheesecake
with a spoon. Allow the glaze to set over the cheesecake for 2 to 3 hours or
more.
4. Carefully take the cake out of the
spring form pan and slice and serve.
All done!! I admit, it does require a bit of prep work – hanging the curd, peeling, chopping and pureeing mangoes.
Also, pureeing the paneer and curd took some time for me, as also melting the
china grass. But the best part is that this is a great dessert for a party,
which can also be made ahead!! Even though I was 100 g short of hung curd, my
cheesecake turned out quite soft and delish, although I found the glaze a
little too tart for my taste. Maybe next time, I’ll skip the lime juice.
My cheesecake set perfectly well, but
the glaze dripped a little on slicing. Not that I’m complaining much J.
This is a perfect dessert for this
season, when mangoes are abundant. You may use more sugar if you’d like, but I
had perfectly sweet mangoes to begin with, so didn’t need more. This recipe
gives you a pretty big cake, so I shared with our neighbors and extended
family. Everyone loved it, though my brother wasn’t a big fan of the glaze,
like me J. Now that
I’ve found a way to replace the cream cheese, a thousand opportunities have
just opened up!! Check out other bloggers’ cheesecake versions here!
41 comments
yumm n colorful :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vidhya!! Thankfully, I managed to get some really bright colored, luscious mangoes!!
DeleteI'm always looking for eggless dessert recipes and this one is great.. will definitely try it out.. love the range of topics covered on your blog.. following you on GFC. Do drop by mine.
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Thank you so much, Rajvi!!! Yup, being eggless is another reason for this being a universal party favorite!! I've checked out your space too - you're quite the versatile blogger yourself!!
Deletethis is really so good...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rafeeda!
DeleteLooks delicious.Well explained recipe.
ReplyDeleteThank you :-))
DeleteA stunner desert ..Love the colours on your cheesecake.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Amrita!! That's one of the perks of working with fruits - all the lovely colors!!
Deleteyour cheesecake looks delicious.. and know what the glaze dripping from the sides makes it look even more pretty and luscious.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tanu!! Yes, I agree, I love photos of syrups and glazes dripping down a cake :-)
DeleteDelicious mango cheesecake, Fabida you did very well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Swathi!!! I have overcome my fear of making cheesecakes now :-)
DeleteHave never tried a cheesecake but considering your kit kat inspired cake got me loads of love I am going to try my hand on this one too!! That looks so tempting Fab!
ReplyDeleteThanks Swapna!! Yup, the Kit Kat cake is definitely impressive, it's hard to believe how easy it is!
DeleteHey Fab..I haven't been over to yr blog for a while and really missed yr writing! I love this recipe and I must say the end result looks absolutely mouth watering!!
ReplyDeleteWill try it out but I doubt if I will get any close to your lovely cake:-)
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Thank you so much, Kalyani!! This is actually a pretty fool proof cake - there isn't much to get wrong, even though it requires a bit more prep than a simpler cake. Do try it out!
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Looks delicious. Love your step by step pics.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Archana!!
Deleteit looks yummy and super delicious, I wanna have it too.
ReplyDeletethe recipe has been put down so well, definitely going to try it
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Thank you so much!! Do let me know how it turns out!
DeleteThis is yummy. But where can we get china grass? Is it easily available?
ReplyDeleteI love anything with mangoes and this is not very fattening either.
China grass is available in most supermarkets - it also goes by the name of 'Agar agar'. A common brand is Bakers. Yup, I used low fat curd, and it didn't really make a big difference - it was good all the same!!
DeleteOMG, looks so yum!! And mango is my favorite fruit! Gotta try this ASAP! Hope you are having a wonderful day!
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This is the perfect cool summer dessert for mango lovers :-). Let me know once you try it out!
Deletelooks absolutely lipsmacking Fab, I am drooling right now, i loveeee mangoes!
ReplyDeleteThank you Poonam!! With your cooking and baking expertise, this should literally be a 'piece of cake'!!
Deletelooks absolutely lipsmacking Fab, I am drooling right now, i loveeee mangoes!
ReplyDeleteHi dear, i am first time here. your cheese cake is inspiring me to try this out. i am always has bad dreams that my cheese cake fall apart. hehehe.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I had nightmares about my macarons turning out wrong, which unfortunately came true :-(. You don't have to worry about this, it's pretty much failproof :-)
DeleteLovely dessert, a must try for me.
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Thank you for stopping by, Ramya!! I'll definitely check out your space :-)
DeleteYour cheesecake is so pretty! :)
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Thank you Lindsey!! That's a great advantage in using fruit in dessert!
DeleteOMG OMG OMG!! How in the world did I miss this post?! Another recipe to try!
ReplyDeleteNeelu
Glad you liked it! Do let me know how it goes :-)
DeleteSo making this!
ReplyDeleteDo let me know how it turns out!
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