Sandesh سندیش सन्देश

Sandesh is a mouth watering sweetmeat. Its preparation is very simple everybody can easily prepare it at home.  When I was working for Ahmed Food Industries. I was dealing with QC of Freshwell brand of Sweetmeats of Ahmed Foods.   

Sandesh Real Recipe

Sandesh with khoya

Ingredients:

• Milk full cream   2 litre
• Cardamom powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Icing sugar 1/3 cup
• Citric acid 1-2 teaspoon
• Vanilla essence  few drops
• Pistachio chopped for garnish

Procedure:

• Boil milk in a pan.
• At boiling point add citric acid to curdle (coagulate) the milk with constant stiring.
• Drain water retain solids, solids are known as Chaina چھینا (cottage cheese). Cool and keep aside.
• Now add icing sugar, cardamom powder and vanilla essence and dough well by rubbing.
• Make small balls, decorate with chopped pistachio.
• Cool in refrigerator and serve.

Note:

• Cow's milk is best for Sandesh making.
• For more taste some khoya can be added during rubbing.
• Citric acid can be replaced with 1-2 tablespoon of lemon juice.
• 2 tablespoon full cream dry milk powder can also be added during rubbing.