Keshor Pista Sondesh

Sondesh is a very popular dessert of Bengal. In Bengal you can have various kinds of Sondesh.

Of late, many experiments are done with Sondesh. But the trick is, if you learn a basic Sondesh recipe, then you yourself can go on doing experiments .Lets start!

Ingredients:-

1/Milk- half liter

2/Sugar Powder- 8 tbs

3/lemon juice- 3 tbs

4/Water- 6 tbs

5/Cardamom Powder- half tsp

6/Saffron or Keshor- few strands

7/ Pista Powder- 1 tbs

8/Cashew- 3-4 (For garnishing)

9/Raisin- 3-4 (For garnishing)

Process:-

 1/Boil the Milk, after 1 boil, remove it from the gas.

2/Let it get cool slightly.

3/Meanwhile mix lime juice & water in a bowl.

4/After 5 mins, add the mixture to the milk slowly in small small quantity. Continuously stir it while mixing.

5/After a while,you will see a green extract coming out & the paneer or chana get separated.At this stage, stop adding lime juice mixture, and stir it with wooden spatula or any spoon except steel.

6/Now take a bowl, cover it with a muslin cloth and place the Paneer or chana dough. Drain all the water and wash it finely.

7/Now on a flat mixing bowl add the paneer dough and rub it for 7 min.

8/Then add powder sugar and rub it until the sugar mixes properly & mixture gets separated from the bowl.

9/Now on a medium hot pan, add the mixture & keep mixing them gently for  almost 5 min.

10/ Remove it & mix it with Cardamom powder, pista powder & saffron.

11/Then shape them and garnish them with cashew & raisin.