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Aam doi cheesecake (mango yoghurt cheesecake)

5 from 2 votes
My aam doi cheesecake is a delicious, eggless dessert made by baking the popular Bengali sweet dish, aam doi, on a biscuit base. This is a wonderful summer speciality that you must try!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 7 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Bengali
Calories: 391

Ingredients
  

For the cheesecake
  • 250 g Greek yoghurt or drained homemade yoghurt
  • 250 g condensed milk
  • 80 g mango pulp
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • ¾ tbsp cardamom powder
  • 200 g digestive biscuits
  • 4-5 tbsp ghee/butter melted
For garnishing
  • 2-3 tbsp mango pulp
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh fruits
  • 4-5 mint leaves

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Loose bottom cake tin

Method
 

  1. In a blender, crush the biscuits to a powder. Mix the ghee (or butter) with the crushed biscuits, until you get a wet sand like texture
  2. Pour this into the cake tin and tap it down firmly using a spoon. Bake this in a pre-heated oven for 15 minutes, at 100°, thereafter remove and let it cool down
  3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together, the yoghurt, condensed milk, mango pulp, cardamom powder and cornflour until evenly combined. Pour this cheesecake batter over the baked biscuit base
  4. Spread evenly with the help of a spatula or back of a spoon and bake in a pre-heated oven, at 100°C for 15-18 minutes, or until set and no more wobbly. Remove, let it come to room temperature. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate overnight
  5. To garnish the aam doi cheesecake, spread the pulp in the centre using the back of a spoon. Carefully place the fresh fruits around it and add the mint leaves
  6. Keep the cheesecake refrigerated and serve by the slice. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • You can also bake the cheesecake in individual oven safe bowls (ramekins)
  • To make the mango pulp, peel and chop the mango flesh and run it in a blender until smooth. Strain through a sieve to discard any fibers and use 
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