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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Atte ka Halwa (Wheat Flour Halwa)

An Indian dessert loved by all, Atte ka Halwa (Wheat Flour Halwa) is a very popular and easy to prepare dessert..

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour (Aata) - 1 Cup Sugar - To Taste Or ¾ Cup Desi Ghee/Pure Ghee - 1 Cup Water - 1 Cup Nuts {Cashews, Almonds, Raisins (Optional)} - To taste

Directions...

Heat water with sugar to dissolve it completely. Keep all other ingredients handy as they need to be added quickly. Heat the ghee in a pan & keep the pan on medium flame. Add the entire wheat flour to the hot ghee. Stir quickly till the wheat flour turns light brown in color. As soon as the flour turns light brown in color, add the water & sugar syrup prepared in step 1. Stir constantly. Cook halwa till it soak all the water from it. Once all the ingredients are nicely mixed, add the nuts & keep stirring. Your halwa is ready. Serve hot.

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