Chum Chum
Ingredients • Chena or cottage cheese – 100 gms • Edible food color (optional) – 1 drop • Sugar – 200 gms • Water – 3 cups For garnish: • Khoya, cherry, raisins as required Preparation 1. Knead the Chena well in a platter to make smooth dough with edible food color (optional). 2. Take a portion of it and give it a flat oval shape. 3. Prepare the remaining dough in the same way....
Kalakand
Ingredients • Milk – 2 liters • Sugar – ½ to ¾ cup • Pistachios – 10-15 • Citric acid – ½ tsp (dissolved in ½ cup water) Preparation 1. Boil half of the milk on the gas and as the milk boils add citric solution to it. Switch off gas. 2. Once the Chena settles sieve through muslin cloth, press out excess water, take in a plate and press down. Do not...
Bhakarvadi
Ingredients • Wheat flour – 1 cup • Gram flour (Besan) – 2 cups • Green chilies – 5 finely chopped • Ginger – 1 inch finely chopped • Fresh coriander – a handful finely chopped • Red chili powder – 3 tsp • Coriander powder – 2 tsp • Cumin seeds – 3 tsp • Grated coconut – 1 cup • Sesame seeds – 100 gms • Salt – to taste • Sugar – 5 tsp • Oil for frying and making...
Boondi ke laddu
Ingredients FOR BOONDI •Besan (chickpea flour)- 1 cup (200 grams) •Water- 1/2 cup (100 ml) •Orange food color- a pinch (optional) •Oil for deep frying FOR SUGAR SYRUP •Sugar- 1 cup (200 grams) •Water- 1/2 cup (100 ml) •Cardamom powder (elaichi)-1/4 teaspoon Preparation: 1. First prepare the sugar syrup. 2. Boil 1/2 cup water in a pan & add 1 cup sugar to it. 3. Add cardamom powder to it & boil it on medium high heat. 4....
Rava laddu
Ingredient •Fine Rava (semolina)………………….1 ¼ C •Sugar……………………………………….1 C •Ghee……………………………………….¾ C •Chopped Cashews…………………….1/3 C...
Golden Pastry Chips
In Bengal, this snack is sold everywhere, from shops and roadside hand-pushed carts to vendors carrying baskets on their heads and wandering from place to place. They are seasoned with one of three spice seeds: caraway, fennel or kalonji. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 30 minutes Ingredients • Unbleached white flour – 1 ½ cups (175 g) • Salt...