In this
Pandemic crisis, people are looking for cake recipes a lot because they can’t
go out and order a birthday cake or for Anniversary cakes or small other
occasions or even for taste cravings. Well most of the people don’t have oven
in their house so they are compromising with their celebrations and taste cravings.
But not anymore, here I have a quick recipe with “NO BAKE CAKE”. Summers are still
going on and we are still getting lovely mangoes, isn’t it? So, thought of sharing
“NO BAKE MANGO CHEESE CAKE”. This No Bake Mango Cheesecake is a complete and
utter celebration of summer! A creamy mousse-like cheesecake loaded with 3 BIG
mangoes will definitely a must try.
Normal Mango Cheese cake is made of Gelatin but I know Many of my friends don't eat Gelatin . They also use cream cheese and heavy cream but I am going to put on a little lighter and healthier side so will not use above 3 ingredients . Yet this cake will taste more delicious than all cheese cake . You can make variation of your choice like you can use strawberries instead of Mangoes but now its the season of Mangoes so why not use that ingredient only.
Without Wasting much of the time lets dig into the recipe.
Ingredients:
For Crust:
160 gm (1
1/2 cups) digestive biscuits or any other fairly plain sweet biscuits, crushed
100 gm (1/2
cup) butter (preferably salted butter), Room Temperature
For
Filling:
160 gm (1
cup) fine sugar or powdered sugar
400 grams
of hung yogurt
400 gm (2
cups) paneer or cottage cheese*
375 ml (1
1/2 cups) water
10 gm China
grass or Agar Agar or Kanten*
2 mangoes
(1 cup), peeled, chopped and pureed (make sure that you heat the mango pulp on
medium heat before pouring the china grass mix with it)
1 tsp pure
vanilla extract
For the
Mango Glaze:
1 mango
(1/2 cup), peeled, chopped and pureed
2 tbsp
water
2 tbsp
sugar
1 tbsp lime
juice
Note : - No need to add China grass to the glaze it will get firm in Refrigerator by itself.
Prepare the
crust:
- Place all the biscuits in a sealed plastic bag
(Zip loc) and with a rolling pin beat until the biscuits are powdered. This is easier
than it sounds. Once this is done put the biscuits in a large mixing bowl. Put
in the butter and with the help of a pastry blender or with your hands rub the
butter into the biscuits until the mixture is well mixed. Alternatively,
process the biscuits in a food processor until fine, drop in the butter and
process again until the mixture is properly blended.
- Remove
the mixture and press it evenly into the base of an 8” deep round spring form
pan or any pan with a removable bottom or a 9” regular round pan. Chill in the
freezer for 15 minutes or in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Prepare the
filling:
Break the
china grass into small pieces and soak in 1 1/2 cups water for about 10 minutes
until it becomes soft.
In a food
processor fitted with the metal blade or blender, place the strained yogurt,
paneer or cottage cheese and the sugar and process until smooth and creamy.
Transfer this to a mixing bowl, stir in the vanilla extract and mix well with a
whisk.
In a sauce
pan, heat the mango puree over a medium flame. Do not allow this to boil.
In another
saucepan place the china grass and water mixture and stir on low heat until it
melts completely. This can take about 10 minutes. Do not allow this to boil.
After the china
grass melts completely, pour the hot china grass solution into the hot mango
puree, stirring all the while.
Slowly add
the mango mixture into the yogurt and cheese mixture and beat well with a wire
whisk until well blended.
Pour this
mixture over the prepared crust, level with a spoon and chill in the
refrigerator for about an hour. Allow the cheesecake to set for an hour or so
before spreading the glaze over it.
For the
Mango Glaze:
- Place all the ingredients for the glaze in a
saucepan and cook over medium heat. When it begins to boil, reduce the flame
and cook for 3 to 4 minutes more. Allow to come to room temperature and then
spread the glaze over the cheesecake with a spoon. Allow the glaze to set over
the cheesecake for 2 to 3 hours or overnight, before slicing it.
*If using
cottage cheese make sure the water is completely drained and the cheese is dry
to get a perfectly set cheesecake. Try and use paneer blended into a puree for
this recipe.
A few notes about cooking with china grass or agar agar or kanten.
China grass
or Agar Agar or Kanten is a sea weed and completely vegetarian. It gives a
smooth, glossy finish and many chefs prefer to use it over gelatin. China
grass, if used properly sets easily at room temperature.
1. China
grass needs to be broken into pieces and softened by soaking in water for at
least 5 minutes.
2. Heat china
grass on a low flame for it to melt completely.
3. The
dissolved china grass liquid should be immediately mixed with another portion
of hot mixture. Remember that both the mixing agents need to be hot for the
china grass to set properly. If either of them is cold, then the dessert won’t
set properly.
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