Sandesh/ Sondesh ( Sweet with cottage cheese) and a Bengali Foodie both complement each other. There is not a single instance where you visit a Bengali’s house during evening and you are not offered a plate of shandesh. Moreover, we Bengalis are known for having a sweet tooth ( another reason why Bengali language is adjudged as the Sweetest language by UNESCO). So my dear friends indulge in a variety of sandeshes to your heart’s fill and you won’t at all regret it. I have added pistachio powder to chenna to make it flavored one.
Ingredients:
2 Ltr Full cream Milk
2 tbsp Lemon juice
3/4 cup Sugar(powdered) {you can adjust the sweetness }
1/2 cup Pistachio powder
1 tsp Rose water
1 tsp Cardamom powder
2-3 green Color drops is optional.(I added here nice color)
Few strands of Saffron for decoration
Few Pistachios for decoration
Method:
To make chenna first, take a pan and bring the milk to boil on low flame. Stir occasionally to avoid getting scorch from bottom. Then add lemon juice and milk will start to curdle. This is called cottage cheese or paneer / chenna. Once you see water turning slight green turn off the heat and drain the water through a cheese cloth. Now wash the chenna under running water to wash off the lemon flavor. Do not squeeze out the excess water with your hand just tie the sides of cheese cloth together and hang to enable the water to drain away.
Knead chenna well with your finger tips and knead until the cracks on chena starts to disappear. And the chenna becomes smooth. Now add sugar, saffron strands, pista powder, rose water, cardamom powder and again knead well. The art lies in kneading, the more you knead the less grainy texture at the end.
Now take a non stick pan and add this mixture and fry on low heat. Stir continuously till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan. Remove from heat. Leave this mixture for a minute to cool and then take a little mixture in your hand and roll it into a small ball or you can design them beautifully by Sandesh molds. Decorate the sandesh with some chopped pistanchios and saffron strands.
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Love sondesh...pistachios ones sounds delicious..
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Beautiful clicks and delicious sandesh. I was tempted to reach out to them.
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Irresistible sandesh, love that beautiful mild green colour, btw pls correct 12cup of pistachios dear, guess it 1/2cup..Thanks for sharing this beautiful sweet.
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Delicious sandesh looks yumm. Love to try.
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Beautiful and tasty. Loved the green color.
ReplyDeleteSondesh..... I have never tried of making it at home any day.... I have made rasmalai that means I can make these softies too they look so nice wanna take one ryt away!
ReplyDeletethis dish is new to m..but it looks soft and delicious..
ReplyDeleteI have never tried Sandesh.....love the color and pics...and it looks super yum.
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ReplyDeletethe green pista sondesh looks amazing...green or pink or white, i love this milk sweet...heavy on the waistline though!!!
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