Kulfi
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A dense frozen milk dessert flavoured with saffron, pistachio or cardamom and set in moulds without churning; Jaipur's old-city kulfi shops stay open late.

Wikipedia traces kulfi to 16th-century Mughal Delhi and gives the name as Persian for covered cup, though historian Charmaine O'Brien suggests it evolved in Persia or Samarkand. It is milk slow-cooked until thick, then frozen in sealed moulds without churning. One Condé Nast Traveller India contributor writes that their father went to Pandit Kulfi on Hawa Mahal Road as a child, when it was still a pushcart, and Outlook Traveller Eats names kesar and rabri kulfi there, with Ramchandra Kulfi Wala in Tripolia Bazar as close competition.

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Pandit Kulfi ★ 4.2

$Street foodOld City

Pandit Kulfi is a long-running kulfi shop at 110 Hawa Mahal Road in the old city of Jaipur, known for kesar and rabri kulfi, open until 23:30 every day.

OrderThe kesar kulfi and the rabri kulfi; Outlook Traveller Eats also hears good things of the chocolate kulfi.

TipOutlook Traveller Eats names Ramchandra Kulfi Wala in Tripolia Bazar as the close rival if the queue is long.

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Ramchandra Kulfi Bhandar ★ 3.7

$Ice creamOld City

Ramchandra Kulfi Bhandar on Tripolia Bazaar in Jaipur sells kulfi near Badi Chaupar until 23:00; Outlook Traveller's writer rates it a rival to Pandit Kulfi.

OrderThe kulfi, then a taste-off against Pandit Kulfi's kesar and rabri flavours.

TipThe shop is on Tripolia Bazaar by Badi Chaupar and keeps late hours, so it works as a last stop after an evening walk through the old city.

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