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Malai Sandesh

Oct-26-2016
Chitrangada Kundu
20 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Malai Sandesh RECIPE

Soft melt in mouth sandesh (cottage cheese fudge) dipped in thickened milk flavored with cardamom and saffron

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Diwali
  • West Bengal
  • Dessert

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. Chana/homemade cottage cheese: 1cup
  2. Whole Milk or Full Fat Milk: 2 cup
  3. Cream: 1/2 cup
  4. Sugar: 4 tbsp
  5. Green cardamom(crushed): 4-5
  6. Ghee or butter to grease
  7. Pistachio Almonds to garnish
  8. Saffron: Few strands

Instructions

  1. Prepare the chana or homemade cottage cheese.
  2. Mash the chana or homemade cottage cheese with the palm of your hand, mix cardamom powder, 2 tablespoon sugar, the mixture will sticky and moist.
  3. Grease a microwave safe bowl with butter or ghee. Layer the chana mix on the greased bowl. The layer should be just about 1 inch thick. Cook the chana in microwave oven for 2 min on high power.
  4. Let it stand for some time, take it out cut into small squares. Keep aside. This is the quick sandesh.
  5. In a heavy bottom pan add milk, cream and rest of the sugar. Cook over low heat till it reduce to 3/4 th.
  6. Add cubed sandesh, crushed cardamom, saffron. Mix well.
  7. Garnish with pistachio and almonds, saffron strands.

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Shakuntla Parmar
Dec-21-2017
Shakuntla Parmar   Dec-21-2017

Shiva Pande
Oct-26-2016
Shiva Pande   Oct-26-2016

Stunning picture!!!

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