Kulfi (the proper name for the dalek-shaped ices found at the end of Indian restaurant menus on the rare occasion that your appetite makes it that far) isn't just the Hindi word for ice cream – and it's not just the exotic flavourings that make it taste so special.
Where western ice creams are egg-custard based, often with added cream, kulfi is traditionally made from milk alone, simmered for hours – what it loses in volume it gains in gorgeous nutty caramelised flavour. It really is quite unlike any other ice.
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