Bengali Kesari sondesh

Name: Bengali Kesari sondesh
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 litre full cream milk; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp sugar powder; 10 saffron strands; 1 tsp cardamom powder; pistachio for garnish

Hem Lata Srivastava @cook_7850902

Delhi

Sondesh is a sweet and delicious Bengali dessert which is made from fresh chena. Sondesh is a delicacy served as a dessert, made by several different ways using freshly made chena, sugar, flavored with cardamom powder. Here i am using saffron for making it.

Hem Lata Srivastava @cook_7850902

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Ingredients

1 litrefull cream milk
2 tbsplemon juice
1 tbspsugar powder
10saffron strands
1 tspcardamom powder
pistachio for garnish

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Steps

1

Soak the saffron strands in 2 tbsp warm milk, keep aside.
Boil the milk over medium heat. Add lemon juice and stir the milk curdles.
Strain and immediately refresh the milk solids in cold water.
2

Now put the chhenna in muslin cloth and squeeze till all the water is drained out.
Knead it like a dough with the heel of your palm until smooth, it will take around 10 minutes.
Add saffron, sugar and cardamom powder. Mix well and knead again for 5 minutes.
3

Cook the mixture in a non stick pan for 5 to 6 minutes over medium flame.
Remove from heat and divide the mixture in equal portion. Make 12 sondesh. Make a small hole on top and place the pistachio on it. refrigerate.
Serve.