We all are
getting ready for our Bengali New Year or Banglaনববর্ষ ১৪২১, this is a very special and
remarkable day for us. The Bengali new calendar starts from this Nabo Barsha or
Poila Baisakh. At the same time some
other states of India also celebrate the day like Baishakhi in Punjab. And also
Jharkhand, Tripura, Orissa people celebrate this Bengali New Year.
In this
special day we all cook so many varieties of Bengali Cuisine, and I am not any exception. So my kitchen and I are ready to prepare some special Naba
Barsha Special dishes. And today I prepared some very authentic ‘ NALEN GURER
SANDESH’ specially made with homemade
chana or cottage cheese and Nolen gur or jaggerry. My husband brought some original
Nelen gur from Kolkata which is the best thing you can get from Bengal. And my
Maa sent some CHAACH or BASE to make some nice shaped sweets. A very easy
recipe to all my friends and wish you all শুভ নববর্ষ ১৪২১ !!
Ingredients:
1.Full
cream milk: 1 liter.
2.Vinegar:
half cup.
3.Water :
Half cup.
4.Freshly crushed
cardamom: a pinch of.
5.Nalen gur
or jaggery: ½ cup.
6.One table
spoon ghee.
7.One table
spoon milk powder.
8.Chaach or base to make sweets.( you can make without chaach also)
Process:
In a heavy
bottomed vessel first add the milk and keep stirring till it start boil. The
moment its starts boil add the one cup of vinegar and water mixture and boil for
some more time till the chana came out and the green water separate from the
chana.
Now drain the chana and water in a cotton cloth and wash the chana with some cold water
so the smell of vinegar goes off.
Now squish
the extra water and hang the chana for 5 to 6 hours.
Now after 5
to 6 hours smash the chana in a blender till the smooth texture.
Now in a
vessel add the ghee allow it to hot, now add the smashed chana and the cardamom powder and mix well.
Now add the
nalen gur and keep stirring till it become completely dry. Now add the milk
powder and mix well.
Now remove from
the heat and you can make your sandesh in any shape but I use some ‘CHAACH’. First make some equal size balls with the
dough then rub some ghee in the CHAACH then slowly press each ball into the
CHAACH and carefully take out the sandesh form the CHAACH.
Your easy
and authentic Nelen Gurer Sandesh is ready serve and enjoy.
