रबड़ी

Rabri is thickened sweetened milk, made by simmering whole milk in a wide-mouthed pan for hours while a cook folds the cream skin back into the liquid repeatedly. The Hindi name rabri most likely derives from the Sanskrit rabb, meaning to boil or thicken, though some lexicographers trace it to rabana, an older term for reduced whey. The Ain-i-Akbari, the Mughal administrative record compiled by Abu'l-Fazl in 1590, lists rabri among the sweets prepared for Emperor Akbar's table. Whatever its pre-Mughal origins, the preparation found its most elaborate form in the royal kitchens of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.