Sandesh - Indian Recipe

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.

Tags: liter full-fat milk, powdered sugar, cardamom powder, saffron, pistachios to garnish · Source: Brittani's Almanac