Sandesh - Indian Recipe

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Sandesh

🌍 Indian, Bengal Difficulty: ●●●○○



Ingredients

  • 1 liter full-fat milk (chenna / fresh cottage cheese made from it)
  • 80g powdered sugar
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • saffron (optional)
  • pistachios to garnish

Method

  1. **making — **Make chenna:** Boil milk; add 2 tbsp lemon juice to curdle. Drain through muslin; wash curds; squeeze dry.
  2. Kneading — Knead chenna with sugar until smooth and non-grainy, ~10 min.
  3. Cooking — Cook in non-stick pan on low heat, stirring 5–7 min until it leaves sides and forms soft dough.
  4. Adding — Add cardamom; shape into rounds or press into molds.
  5. Chilling — Chill; garnish with pistachios.