Chum Chum (Sweet)

Chum-Chum is a typically Bengali (east Indian) sweet.

Ingredients:

Cottage Cheese (Paneer) - 250 Gms All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 2 Tbsp Sugar - 1 Cup Water - 1 Cup Lemon Color - 2 - 3 Drop Condensed Milk (Unsweetened) - 100 Gms Green Cardamom Powder (Chhoti Elaichi) - 1/4 Tsp Saffron (Kesar) Strands - Few Directions... Add sugar in water and let it cook till it become a thin syrup. Knead the paneer with all purpose flour. Now make oval shape of cham cham from the prepared mixture. Dip all the cham cham in the sugar syrup and boil for about 5-7 minutes. Now mix in lemon color to the syrup. Cool for a while and take off the chum-chums from the syrup. Mix in saffron and cardamom powder to sugarless, creamy, condensed milk. Spread this on each piece and serve cold.

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Sandesh

Sandesh is a sweet that is made in West Bengal.

Ingredients:

Paneer - 225 Gms Sugar - 150 Gms Rose Water - 1 Tbsp Green Cardamom Seeds (Ground) - 1/2 Tsp Pista (Pistachios Thinly Sliced And Crushed) - 10 Directions... Combine the sugar and paneer. Mix well. Place the mixture over the heat and stir constantly to avoid lumps. When the mixture become slightly thick, sprinkles the rose water on it. Now remove the pan from the heat. Stir few more times. Now give the desired shape to sandesh. Now sprinkle the cardamom and pistachios on each sandesh. Serve cold sandesh.

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