Tried and tasted by Nivedita
Hi All,
Some times, you will fail when you are overconfident. Last night, this was what happened with me.
After preparing Rasagulla, Jamoon and Rasmalai many times, I was very confident that Sandesh will come out perfect. But Man proposes with his ego, and God disposes!!
I started making Sandesh and ended with something else. You have to name it because I do not know what to name it.
You see the photo and name it.
As usual I browsed many sites and blogs. All the recipes were same.
Ingredients:
Paneer - 1 cup(prepared with half litre of milk, the quantity will be less but good if you are trying for first time)
Fine sugar - 1/2 cup
Rose essence - 1 drop
Saffron strands - 2 to3 (soaked in 1 tbsp of warm milk)
Method:
Take paneer and knead it to remove lumps.
Add sugar and mix gently till both are blended nicely.
Transfer it into thick bottomed kadai and cook on low flame till it becomes soft.
Add rose essence and saffron milk. Mix well.
Remove from heat and give desired shape.
This is what the recipes say.
But may be I over cooked the paneer mix, It came out very dry.
So again I added little milk and cooked for some more time. But in vain.
It came out more dry!!
I transferred it into a plate and gave it the burfi shape.
Now all of you give the name to this sweet. It almost tasted like kalakand but it was too dry!
I am sending this to
PJ's event
Celebrate Sweets-Bengali Sweets which is started by Me.
with a doubt will she accept it???
its something sweet n yummy!...thats good enough!!...so what if didn't turn out what it was supposed to! :))looks nice tho
ReplyDeleteits something sweet n yummy!...thats good enough!!...so what if didn't turn out what it was supposed to! :))looks nice tho
ReplyDeleteThanks Smitha
ReplyDeletePaneer Halwa! Really innovative.
ReplyDeletelooks perfect and yummy ...very innovative
ReplyDeleteIf u set out to make Sandesh.. it turned into Kalakand.. No worries.. I will have my share and more.. I love them both!
ReplyDeletewhat a sweet accident! maybe u can called it paneer barfi :D
ReplyDeletedelicious and yummy sweet.
ReplyDeleteIts looks like kalakand, yummy sweet..
ReplyDeletedelicious pedas looks wonderful has long as you enjoyed it :)
ReplyDeletecheck out the event in my site regards
sounds very delicious, it does look kind of kalakand.
ReplyDeleteDelicious sweet....
ReplyDeletesuperb sweet n so innovative!
ReplyDeletelooks like some paneer burfi or paneer fudge--- A rose by any other name is a rose , in this case it is sweet, yummy, edible and tht's the way i like it !!
ReplyDeleteDear Nivedita
ReplyDeleteYou can call it Paneer kalakand. But as Shakespeare says " whats in a name?.....etc
Sandesh is the most difficult sweet to make and you need to see an expert making it. I fail 50% of the time.
Smooth and clod smashing and very very low heat is essential. A secrete amount of fine rice flour is added by top manufacturers which they dont admit ha ha.
Once the paneer dries up,and polymerizes , you cant recover really.
Try again.
Have a nice day
Looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteI would call it kalakand...
ReplyDeleteA mistake in sweet will turn out into another new invention.. So nothing to worry at all :)
Sweet is lovely and yummy
ReplyDeleteI love bengali sweets this is yum!
ReplyDeletethank you for linking this delicious sweet
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