sandesh recipe। how to make Bengali sweet sandesh recipe with detailed photos. Sandesh is very famous sweet in West Bengal . Sweet plays an important role in Bengali Cuisine. We Bengalis call sweet as ‘Mishti’. Almost all Bengalis have a sweet tooth. Though I do not like to eat sweet, instead of eating it I love to make it. Sandesh or Sondesh (Bengali ponunciation ) is an authentic Bengali delicacy. In Bengal , we make sweet specially with chhena or sweetened cottage cheese or sometimes mixed chena with mewa or khoya . First of all Chhena is made by cutting down boiling cow’s milk along with lemon juice. Second Chhena is strained through a muslin cloth covered strainer and the excess water is drained out . Mewa (also known as Khoya/ Khoa) is a evaporated milk, made by slowly reducing full fat milk until all that remain is a mass of slightly milk solids.

Meaning Of sandesh
I am not sure from where the name of this sweet came , therfore I can guess that the name of this sweet came from the word ‘ Sandesh’ . In Bengali language , sandesh means message . It is our tradition to send sweets as gift or going someone’s house with some sweets . I spent my entire childhood eating a variety of Bengali sweet in West Bengal . Now I stay in Bangalore , far away from my native . Here It is very difficult of getting Bengali sweets easily , therefore I try to make different sweet at home to fulfill sweet craving of my family .

Basic recipe of sandesh recipe। how to make Bengali sweet sandesh
We can see a variety of Sandesh in West Bengal .Today i am sharing the basic recipe of Sandesh .You can make it using only chhena or mixed chhena with mewa or khoya . The main part of making this sweet is kneading the chhena dough . It decides the texture , but too much kneading can ruin the texture . To conclude , I want you all to try this dish and let me know your feedback . First we will make chhena from milk , then will make mewa or khoya . After that we will make sandesh mixed chhena and khoya together .
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Ingredients
Instructions
How to make Chena/Chana
How to Make Khoya or Mewa
How To Make Sandesh
step by step recipes sandesh recipe। how to make Bengali sweet sandesh
Making of chana / chena Making of khoya / khoa Khoya is ready Add chena and mewa / khoya, sugar and cardamom powder continuous stirring on low flame until lthe moisture would begin to dry up Take all the mixture in a plate Take small portion of the sandesh mixture on a flat surface , knead it with your fingers Grease all moulds with ghee put them in the sandesh mould then pressing from top and sides to give a perfect shape of sandesh Demould sandesh