Raspberry Jelly Yoghurt Parfait

Hi friends.  Today I have come up with a new recipe that is so easy yet yummy.  Its a nice dessert to serve in the parties too.  

Last week I was thinking to make some parfait but was just bored with the usual ingredients.  I thought of a lot of different things and finally experimented with Jelly.  I had a pack of Raspberry jelly waiting to be used so I used it for making this parfait.  Here I used half of the 80 gms packet of the jelly.  In place of cream cheese I used hung curd to make it a little healthy.  For the base, I used chocolate cream cookies but you can use any cookies of your choice.  Finally, I topped this dessert with some sprinkles, choco vermicelli and glaced cherries. I place this dessert to chill in the fridge overnight and in the morning when I tasted it, it was simply heaven.  Everything came out together very well and gave a very nice creamy and crunchy taste with raspberry flavour.  Its a melt in mouth dessert and a must try. V liked it very much.  Even my LO liked it a lot. Its a sure shot recipe.  So what are you waiting for guys? Try it out.  Happy Cooking :)

Ingredients:

Curd / Yoghurt	500 ml
Sugar (powdered)	3 tbsp
Raspberry jelly	40 gms
Chocolate cream cookies	5
Vanilla essence	5-6 drops

Method:

For the hung curd - 

• Take a bowl and put a strainer over it.  On the strainer, put a muslin cloth or clean kitchen cloth and pour the curd over it. Keep the bowl in the fridge for 2-3 hours.  (Sometimes, I take a bowl and place a big tea strainer over it then I pour the curd directly on the strainer and place the bowl in the fridge. You can try any method.)  The curd will come out good in either way.
• After 3-4 hours, take out the bowl and shift the thick curd in a bowl from the muslin cloth.  Hung curd is ready.

Hung curd

• Take the hung curd and add powdered sugar and vanilla essence in it.  Beat well with the help of a whisk.

hung curd mixed with powdered sugar and vanilla. So creamy.

For the jelly -

• Boil 100 ml water in a non stick pan. Remove from the flame and immediately add the jelly granules in it.  Mix well till the granules melts completely.  Then add 20 ml of cold water, mix again and pour the mixture in moulds and place in the fridge for 3-4 hours.  Jelly is ready.  Coarsely mash the jelly and set aside.

Cookies base-

• Take the cookies of your choice.  I used chocolate cream cookies.  Place the cookies in a plastic bag and coarsely powder with the help of a pastry roller.  Shift it to a bowl and set aside.

I used these chocolate cream cookies

Steps to combine the parfait-

• Take two serving glasses.  First of all, place a layer of crushed cookies in the bottom of the glass. Now, top it up with a layer of mashed jelly, then put a layer of hung curd.  Repeat the process once again.  Place glazed cherry on the top and sprinkle some choco vermicelli and sprinkles.  
• Cover with cling film and place in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
• Serve chilled.

Notes:

1. You can use any cookies of your choice.
2. Do not leave hung curd outside for draining.  It may get sour.  Always put it inside the refrigerator.
3. You can use any kind of jelly but it should be of a strong flavour.
4. Always use the instructions on the pack for making the jelly.
5. Chill the parfait before serving.
6. You can garnish it with tutty fruitty or grated chocolate or even brown sugar.