'''Kulfi''' (/kʊlfsaya/{{IPAc-en|k|ʊ|l|f|iː}}) adalah [[makanan penutup]] berupa [[produk susu]] beku dari anak[[Anak benua India]]. HalMakanan ini sering digambarkan sebagai "es krim tradisional India".<ref name="ref55yozaq">{{Citation | title=Frozen Desserts: The Definitive Guide to Making Ice Creams, Ices, Complete Kulfi Recipes, Gelati, and Other Frozen Delights | author=Caroline Liddell, Robin Weir | date=15 July 1996 | publisher=Macmillan, 1996 | isbn=978-0-312-14343-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCv8bPNMTNUC | quote=''... Kulfi is the traditional Indian [[ice cream]] and has a strongly characteristic cooked-milk flavor and dense icy texture. ... The basis of making kulfi is to reduce a large volume of milk down to a very small concentrated amount ...''}}</ref> Kulfi berasal dari [[Delhi]] abad ke-16 selama era [[Kekaisaran Mughal (1526–1857)|Mughal]]. IniMakanan adalahini merupakan bagian dari masakanhidangan nasional [[India]] dan Pakistan.[rujukan?[Pakistan]].{{Citation Inineeded|date=June 2023}} Makanan ini juga populer di [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]], dan [[Timur Tengah]].<ref name="popular">{{Cite web|title=50 Most Popular Indian Desserts to Add a Twist to Your Same Old Meal|date=28 December 2020 |url=https://www.chefspencil.com/50-most-popular-indian-desserts-to-add-a-twist-to-your-same-old-meal/}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2023}}
Kulfi lebih padat dan lembut dibandingkan [[es krim]] biasa.<ref name="ref55yozaq"/><ref name="popular"/><ref name="ref59yorap">{{Citation | title=Entertaining in the Raw | author=Matthew Kenney | date=September 2009 | publisher=Gibbs Smith, 2009 | isbn=978-1-4236-0208-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FyT4yf6Q3AC | quote=''... Kulfi is an Indian-style ice cream that is richer and creamier than regular ice cream, due to the lack of air that is whipped into traditional ice cream to make it lighter. The milk, traditionally from buffalo ...''}}</ref> ItuEs datangkrim ini dalamterdapat berbagai rasa. Yang tradisional meliputi [[krim]] (''[[malai]]''), [[mawar]], [[mangga]], [[kapulaga]] (''elaichi''), kunyit[[Kuma-kuma|safron]] (''kesar'' atau ''zafran''), dan [[Badam hijau|pistachio]].<ref name="popular"/><ref name="tour">{{Cite web|title=An Illustrated Tour of Ice Cream Styles Around the World|url=https://www.seriouseats.com/ice-cream-style-guide}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2023}} Rasa yang lebih baru mungkin mencakup apel, jeruk, stroberi, kacang tanah, atau alpukat.<ref name="popular"/>{{Better source needed|date=June 2023}} Tidak seperti es krim biasa, kulfi tidak dikocok, sehingga menghasilkan makanan penutupbahan yang padat dan padat mirip dengan custard[[kustar]] beku. Oleh karena itu, terkadang makanan ini dianggap sebagai kategori berbeda dari makananhidangan penutup berbahan dasar susu beku.<ref name="ref59yorap"/> Kepadatan kulfi menyebabkannya meleleh lebih lambat dibandingkan es krim pada umumnya.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ice, Cream... and Chemistry – American Chemical Society|url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/archive-2013-2014/ice-cream-chemistry.html}}</ref>
