Name: Paan Bahar Sandesh... recipe by Sumitra Chowdhury at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 10 small size Betel Leaves finely chopped; 200 grams Paneer / Cottage cheese; 3 tbsp Condensed Milk; 3 tbsp dessicated coconut; 2 tbsp Gulkand; 1 tbsp of Sweet Fennel Mukhwas; 1 tbsp of Sweet Mix Mukhwas; Few Cherries cut into pieces

ABOUT Paan Bahar Sandesh... RECIPE

I have betel plant growing wild in my balcony. I love the flavor of the betel leaves with gulkand and sweet fennel mukhwas. My experiment with Sandesh continues. Sandesh is a sweet delicacy from Bengal. Sandesh has many variations. It is made during festivals or on occasions. Since Diwali is around the corner, let's make this sandesh with Betel leaves. I have infused betel leaves and gulkand with paneer. Have it at the end of a meal. As you eat it, first taste is of the sandesh and then the flavour of the paan......

Ingredients Serving: 4

10 small size Betel Leaves finely chopped
200 grams Paneer / Cottage cheese
3 tbsp Condensed Milk
3 tbsp dessicated coconut
2 tbsp Gulkand
1 tbsp of Sweet Fennel Mukhwas
1 tbsp of Sweet Mix Mukhwas
Few Cherries cut into pieces

Instructions

Take the paneer and blend it in a blender.
Take a wok, add the paneer, Betel leaves, dessicated coconut and condensed milk.
Keep stirring it continuously and cook on low flame till all the ingredients combines together and forms a dough.
To check, take a small portion of the dough and roll it with your fingers.
Remove it from the wok and keep it on a plate.
As it cools down a bit. Knead it for a minute and divide the dough into 8 equal portions.
Mix the 2 types of sweet mukhwas together.
Take a portion. Roll it into a ball and slightly flatten it. Create a dent in the centre.
Fill up the centre with the mukhwas and add a cherry piece on top.

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