Nalen Gurer Sandesh: Poila Baisakh Special.

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.

Dry Fruit Sandesh With Kheer

As a foodie when you’re eager to eat something you just can’t stop yourself to make it. Most of the times it happened with me, every month I thought this month no sweet dish for me because it has lots of calories. But in my home my husband needs some dessert after dinner so do I. 

I made some easy dry fruit sandesh with kheer on top. They were so delicious and perfect that you cant resist yourself to finish them as soon as you can. Sometime just think about your tummy nothing else which makes you feel happy.

Ingredients:

1.Chana/Paneer/ Inidan Cottage Cheese: 100 gm.
2.Sugar: 3 table spoon.
3.Chopped cashew nuts: ½  tea spoon.
4.Chopped pistachios: ½  tea spoon.
5.Chopped almonds: ½ tea spoon.
6.Khoya or Malk Powder: 2 Table spoon.
7.Few saffron strands.
8.Milk Maid: 1 table spoon.
9.Milk: ½ cup.
10.Freshly crushed cardamom.
11.Few drop of ghee.

Process:

How to make chana or Paneer click on the Paneer or Chana and go through the link.

Now knead the chana with your palm tightly, so that no lamb is there.

Now take on heavy bottomed vessel and add few drop of ghee, now add the chana and sugar and stir continuously till the sugar melt.

Now add the khoya and mix well. Now add the freshly crushed cardamom and all chopped dry fruits nad mix well till the mixture become dry remove from heat.

Now in a plate spread the chana mixture in square shape and keep thin fridge for 30 mints.

Now make the kheer, for making kheer in a heavy bottomed vessel and the milk. When the milk start boiling adds the milk maid and the saffron strands and keep stirring till the mixture become thick. 

Now take out the chana mixture from the fridge and spread the kheer on top of the chana mixture.

Keep it in fridge for 30 mints just to settle down the kheer on top.

Now cut the sandesh in square shape and garnish with some pistachios. Your easy dry fruit sandesh is ready serve and enjoy.

Malai Sandesh

Sweets are always a first choice in my home and almost every day, it’s hard to make different every time. But to satisfy my taste buds I try to make something different every time. And this time I made some Malai Sandesh in completely my way. And it tasted like I ate in a sweet shop near by my home town. Believe me I felt so good after that.

The reaction which I got from my husband that was also a great feelings for me, because he used to be the Guinea pig for me every time. While making this I didn’t go through any website I just made it in my way. 

Preparation time: 5 mints.
Cooking time: 40 to 50 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Heavy Milk (I use 3.5%): 3 cup.
3.Condanced Milk: Three table spoon.
4.Gram flour or Besan: Two table spoon.
5.Ghee: One table spoon.
6.Two cardamom.
7.Sugar: Two to Three table spoon or as per your taste.
8.Few pistachios for garnishing.
9.Silver Tabok for garnishing.

Process:
Put two cup of milk in a heavy bottomed vessel and keep string it in low flame.

In another vessel add the ghee after it become hot add the cardamom after it start leaving the aroma add the besan and stir continuously till it fry properly and a nice color come out.

When the milk started to become thick or reduce the quantity almost half add the condensed milk and stir continuously.

Now after 5 mints add the fried beasn and sugar into the milk and stir till the mixture become thick and dry.

Let it become cool now make some small round shape SANDESH which  makes you happy after every bite. 

Malai Sandesh

Sweets are always a first choice in my home and almost every day, it’s hard to make different every time. But to satisfy my taste buds I try to make something different every time. And this time I made some Malai Sandesh in completely my way. And it tasted like I ate in a sweet shop near by my home town. Believe me I felt so good after that.

The reaction which I got from my husband that was also a great feelings for me, because he used to be the Guinea pig for me every time. While making this I didn’t go through any website I just made it in my way. 

Preparation time: 5 mints.
Cooking time: 40 to 50 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Heavy Milk (I use 3.5%): 3 cup.
3.Condanced Milk: Three table spoon.
4.Gram flour or Besan: Two table spoon.
5.Ghee: One table spoon.
6.Two cardamom.
7.Sugar: Two to Three table spoon or as per your taste.
8.Few pistachios for garnishing.
9.Silver Tabok for garnishing.

Process:
Put two cup of milk in a heavy bottomed vessel and keep string it in low flame.

In another vessel add the ghee after it become hot add the cardamom after it start leaving the aroma add the besan and stir continuously till it fry properly and a nice color come out.

When the milk started to become thick or reduce the quantity almost half add the condensed milk and stir continuously.

Now after 5 mints add the fried beasn and sugar into the milk and stir till the mixture become thick and dry.

Let it become cool now make some small round shape SANDESH which  makes you happy after every bite. 

Bhapa Amsatto Sandesh or Baked Mango Pulp Sweet

Today is 31st dec ending of 2012 this year I have some good memories some bad too. But altogether 2012 were good for us. Some incidents really touched our souls I think most of us never going to forget those incidents. But better to forget all those bitter things in life and let’s start a new journey with lots of positiveness and trust. Hope this year brings lots of success and joy in your life. For me my New Year resolution is Live Life King Size. No matter what ever the situation comes we will be strong. Just have one wish to God please give us all a healthy year.

 

 

A New Year day can’t complete with some Sweet so I made some Amsatto Bhapa Sandesh. The process was quite easy and simple but the taste is really too good. With a piece of Sweet from my Kitchen I wish you all A Prosperous Happy New Year.


Preparation time: 10 mints.
Baking time: 8 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Cottage Cheese or Chana :200 gm.
2.One small scup sugar.
3.Half cup 3.5% Milk .
4.Two table spoon condensed Milk.
5.Half cup heavy cream.
6.Two inch amsatto or Mango Pulp.



7.Raisin for garnishing.
8.Little butter for grease.

Process:
Put all the ingredients in a grinder and grind well.

Now grease one oven proof pan with little butter and add all the mixture.



Now on maximum hit in a microwave bake it for 8 mints (it's depend on microwave to microwave and the baking plate you are using on that also ,for better result check every 2 mint).


 
 Now Cut into small pieces and garnish with some Raisin.