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Sandesh / Cottage Cheese Fudge

January 23, 2012 by Uma Ramanujam

Sandesh is for my last day of Blogging marathon. I thought, I already have 7 recipes for 7 days but today when I sat for blogging, I found that the recipe for last day was missing in my drafts. Immediately, I prepared this easy sweet dish. It is easy too if you have fresh paneer at home. It became around 6 PM in the evening by the time I finished this recipe and the natural light had vanished. So, I was forced to take pictures under the florescent light. Hope you like the pictures and enjoy the dish as well. Here you go…

Basic Information:
Preparation & Cooking time: 45 – 50 minutes
Makes: 8 nos

Ingredients:

Paneer – 1 cup, crumbled

Granulated sugar – 1/4 cup

Cardamom – 2 nos

Saffron streaks – a small pinch

Pistachio nuts – 1 tablespoon, roughly crushed

Method:

1) Mix sugar and cardamom together and make a powder of it using a coffee grinder or mixer. Keep it aside.

2) Knead the crumbled paneer for 5-10 minutes.

3) Towards the end of kneading, add sugar, cardamom mixture and saffron. Try to make a small ball now using a pinch of paneer. If you are able to make a smooth ball, then you can proceed with the next step. Otherwise, continue kneading.

4) Heat a pan in a medium heat. Add the kneaded paneer.

5) Cook it on low heat by constantly stirring it. Initially the paneer looks like thick dough and doesn’t form a shape as shown in the picture.

6) After 15-20 minutes, you can see the paneer becomes thick, starts coming together and doesn’t stick to the pan. At this time, remove from heat.

7) Allow it to cool for a while. After some time, knead it again for 5 minutes.

8) Divide them into equal balls and make desired shapes.

9) Garnish it with pistachio nuts. Keep in refrigerator for some time and serve chill.

10) When it is cooling down, it will become hard a bit.

Note:

1) Try to prepare sandesh using fresh paneer. If you don’t have paneer, try replace it with ricotta cheese. It will also work out.

2) Do not heat after the paneer forms a thick dough. Otherwise, you will ended up with paneer crumbles which you can’t use for making shapes.

3) At the same time, do not allow the sauteed/cooked paneer to sit for long time. Make shapes when it is slightly warm. This helps making perfect shapes.

4) You can also add milk powder/corn starch before cooking the paneer in pan. But I felt adding corn starch made the Sandesh litter harder than usual. So, I skipped adding it this time while preparing it.

I’m linking this recipe to Srivalli’s Blogging Marathon #12 under the theme of paneer. Check out what others are cooking by clicking it here.

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Comments

  1. Hamaree Rasoi

    January 23, 2012 at 1:41 AM

    Simply mouthwatering sandesh. Looks delicious.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

  2. Indian Khana

    January 23, 2012 at 1:43 AM

    Looks so fab … absolute delish n so festive ..

  3. Sravs

    January 23, 2012 at 1:53 AM

    so tempting sandesh !! feel like grabbing it from the pic !! as usually great clicks !!

    Ongoing Event – CC-Chocolate Fest

  4. Unknown

    January 23, 2012 at 2:02 AM

    Wow loving it! (Please check your title dear – I think you meant fudge?)

    Cheers, Priya

  5. Sangeetha M

    January 23, 2012 at 2:18 AM

    Wow…delicious looking sandesh,Too tempting !!!

  6. Sensible Vegetarian

    January 23, 2012 at 2:36 AM

    Super delicious, love the paneer marathon.

  7. Sobha Shyam

    January 23, 2012 at 3:10 AM

    wow, excellent and yummy sandesh, pics are sure amazing Uma..

  8. Umm Mymoonah

    January 23, 2012 at 3:19 AM

    Very cute presentation, sweets with paneer is definitely a winner.

  9. Roshu

    January 23, 2012 at 3:22 AM

    Lovely clicks!!!!!!
    Yummy!!!!

  10. Rookie Qookie

    January 23, 2012 at 3:58 AM

    I had it in Blore..gud one ๐Ÿ™‚

  11. Faseela

    January 23, 2012 at 4:35 AM

    mouthwatering recipe dear…..fabulous

  12. Unknown

    January 23, 2012 at 5:14 AM

    Rich and yummy dessert..luv it

  13. Reshmi Mahesh

    January 23, 2012 at 5:18 AM

    Delicious…Love this dear…

  14. Lifewithspices

    January 23, 2012 at 6:35 AM

    mouthwatering sandesh and beautiful presentation..

  15. Menaga Sathia

    January 23, 2012 at 6:53 AM

    Delicious looking sandesh,lovely presentation!!

  16. Ms.Chitchat

    January 23, 2012 at 7:45 AM

    Yummy sadness,looks gorgeous in this light too.

  17. Priya Suresh

    January 23, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    Wat an irresistible and super tempting sandesh.

  18. HemasAdugemane

    January 23, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    sandesh is really super paneer dish and its a sweet. bookmarked.

  19. Unknown

    January 23, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    @Priya, Thanks Priya for pointing it out. It was a typo error. I corrected it now. ๐Ÿ™‚

  20. Unknown

    January 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM

    Wow they looks so delicious Uma I love the presentation too..

  21. Aarthi

    January 23, 2012 at 3:02 PM

    Awesome Recipe…Thanks for posting it dear..

    Aarthi
    yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

  22. Nalini's Kitchen

    January 23, 2012 at 3:45 PM

    Super delicious sweet Uma…thanks for sharing.

  23. Kaveri Venkatesh

    January 23, 2012 at 3:48 PM

    wonderful dessert…nice recipe…and beautiful pics

  24. Unknown

    January 23, 2012 at 5:57 PM

    wow perfect dessert! luv this! nicely presented too!

  25. Julie

    January 23, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    Fabulous clicks n very tempting paneer..yummy!!

    Erivum Puliyum

  26. Christy Gerald

    January 23, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    Wat a Fudge!.Luks simple n super good!.Yummy again!

  27. Neha

    January 24, 2012 at 12:52 AM

    Yummy sandesh…Nice clicks too…

  28. Vimitha Durai

    January 24, 2012 at 2:39 AM

    Yummy sweet.. Nice clicks Uma

  29. Shylaja

    January 24, 2012 at 3:22 AM

    Sandesh looks inviting and yummy

  30. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

    January 24, 2012 at 6:28 AM

    nice! my husband loves milk-based sweets so this one im bookmarking for sure ๐Ÿ™‚

  31. Biny's Recipes

    January 24, 2012 at 7:33 AM

    wow uma absolutely lovely clicks ….an a r8 recipe easly presented

  32. Shanavi

    January 24, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    Perfect presentation, great effort..Good recipe

  33. Unknown

    January 24, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Luscious!!

  34. Suma Gandlur

    January 24, 2012 at 8:58 PM

    Looks yummy.

  35. Vidhya

    January 25, 2012 at 12:09 AM

    Simply delicious.

  36. La @ FoodSlice

    January 25, 2012 at 6:01 AM

    The pics look beautiful Uma and the recipe sounds easy and delicious

  37. cooking varieties (wan)

    January 25, 2012 at 7:25 AM

    hi uma, looks very interesting to try out.. must be delicious with the cottage cheese

  38. Myvegfare

    January 25, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    My favourite recipe.., I still have it in my draft.., Bengali sweets are my favourite sweets.., beautiful clicks..

  39. Raks

    January 26, 2012 at 1:34 PM

    The simple,yet delicious paneer dessert ๐Ÿ™‚ Lovely presentation Uma !

  40. Priya dharshini

    January 26, 2012 at 6:55 PM

    Great sweet and well presented..my daughter's fav sweet.

  41. cookingvarieties

    January 29, 2012 at 1:35 AM

    hi uma, i can only look and admire your delicious cottage cheese..we dont have these over here
    ..have a nice day

  42. anthony stemke

    January 31, 2012 at 3:12 PM

    Sensational sandesh, looks wonderful. Thanks.

  43. hotpotcooking

    February 3, 2012 at 12:11 AM

    Lovely presentation uma. Happy to follow you

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