Rose Sandesh

Name: Rose Sandesh
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 15 Pieces
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 5 litres full fat milk; 5-6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1-1/4 cup sugar; 7-8 drops rose essence; Red food colouring, enough to turn it pink (optional, you can also use fresh rose petals to decorate them)

Maulin Agrawal @cook_23084346

This is a take on the Bengali sweet sandesh. Normally it’s white or yellow in colour, but I had some rose essence in my pantry, and decided to give it a try. #mycookbook

Maulin Agrawal @cook_23084346

This is a take on the Bengali sweet sandesh. Normally it’s white or yellow in colour, but I had some rose essence in my pantry, and decided to give it a try. #mycookbook

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Ingredients

10 minutes

15 Pieces

5 litresfull fat milk
5-6 tablespoonsfresh lemon juice
1-1/4 cupsugar
7-8 dropsrose essence
Red food colouring, enough to turn it pink (optional, you can also use fresh rose petals to decorate them)

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Bring milk to a boil, remove from heat, and add the lemon juice
2

Let the milk curdle and you will get what we call “chena” or paneer.
3

Separate the paneer from the whey, and wrap in a cheesecloth. Hang it or leave in a colander over a bowl till the whey stops coming out, and it is dry.
4

Knead the paneer till it is smooth and most of the grainy texture is gone, then add the sugar and incorporate it into the paneer.
5

Add the rose essence and enough red food colouring to turn it pink. You don’t have to make it as pink as I did, my food colouring happened to be a bit strong.
6

Mix the food colouring in until the pinkness is uniform.
7

Shape into balls or small patties, and chill in the fridge for 1 hour. Serve chilled.