Description
The Two in One Sondesh I made on Nabami, was prepared from homemade Chana & flavored with Vanilla & Strawberry & shaped using the traditional terracotta mold.
Ingredients
To make Chana or Cottage Cheese:
- Full Cream Milk: 2 Litres
- Lemon: 2
To Make Two in One Sondesh:
- Chana/ Cottage Cheese: prepared from two liters Milk
- Powdered Sugar: 5 Tbsp.
- Vanilla Essence/ Extract: 2-3 drop
- Strawberry Jam/ Strawberry Compote: 4 Tbsp.
- Condensed Milk: 6 Tbsp.
- Ghee: 1 Tsp. (to grease the mold)
Instructions
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To make Chana or Cottage Cheese:
- Boil milk in a deep bottom pan and reduce to 1/3.
- When the milk is reduced in quantity simmer the flame and add lemon juice to the milk to curdle it.
- Once the milk starts curdling, switch the flame off.
- Cover the pan with a lid and leave that for 10 minutes.
- Strain the water from Chana/ cottage cheese using a strainer.
- Pt the Chana in the middle of a muslin cloth and tie the edges of the cloth to close it.
- Place something heavy (I have used my “Shil Nora / Shil batta”) for this over the Chana filled cloth.
- Leave it for 30 minutes to throw away excess water from it.
- After thirty minutes remove the cloth and there should be a block of cheese as the end product.
To make the Sondesh:
- Take the Chana/ Cheese block and mash it using the hand to make it lump free.
- Start kneading the Chana to make it soft.
- Mix Condensed milk with the softened Chana.
- Now separate the Chana into two parts.
- Take one part of Chana in a pan and start cooking it on low flame by adding 3 Tbsp. of powdered sugar and vanilla essence.
- Cook until the Chana solidifies a bit and leaves the edge of the pan. It took me around 7 minutes in low flame.
- Take the vanilla flavored Chana out on a plate.
- Start cooking the remaining Chana along with 3 Tbsp. of Sugar and Strawberry Jam/ Compote in low flame.
- The Jam I have used was having strawberry chunks and I used that as it is to give a body to the Sondesh.
- This portion took me around 10 minutes of cooking as it involved the Jam as well.
- Take the Strawberry flavored Chana out in a plate.
- Now grease choice of the Sondesh mold using little ghee.
- Take a half portion each of the flavored mixtures and shape it as shown in the picture.
- Remove from the mold carefully.
- Two in One Sondesh is ready to serve.
Notes
Two in One Sondesh can be stored for 2-3 days in the refrigerator.
The the amount of Sugar can be increased or decreased based on preference.
What amount of flavored Chana to be used for making a Sondesh is based upon preference.
If mold is not available Sondesh can be prepared just by shaping like a ball.
- Prep Time: 40 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Bengali