Mango Sandesh

                         Mango Sandesh

Sandesh is a typical Bengali sweet dish which is very famous in India and world over. This dish has an easy recipe to follow, only care to be taken for some minute details. There are few ingredients needed to prepare. If one go for the history of the dish, then will find it in mediaeval Bengali literature. Some says initially it was a milk based sweet dish which is very different from the modern day Sandesh. This process (which I have mentioned) is the simplest kind of Sandesh, which is called Makha Sandesh (Makha means kneaded). But there are different difficult processes of preparing Sandesh.

This recipe is having a flavour of the season (mango season). This is my last tribute to the king of fruits for this year. Mango Sandesh is an easy dish. But you have to make your paneer right. This is a feast to eye first and then to tongue. So here is the recipe.

Milk- 1/2lit

Vinegar- 2tbsp

Powdered sugar- 2tbsp

Mango- 1 medium size

Ghee- 1/2tsp

Choco chips to decorat

Boil milk up to bubbles. Then switch off the gas and add vinegar to it and let the milk split. Once split drain the chhena and hang for 15 mins.

Peel and cube mango and make puree.

After 15 mins bring the chhena and mash with help of the heel of your palm. Slowly it will gather as a dough and it become oily. Add sugar powder and mash again. In this process sugar will melt in paneer and it will watery and messy but don't worry.

In a non stick pan add ghee. Add the paneer and sugar mixture and mango puree. Cook on a low flame up to it becomes a dough. Remove from pan and keep aside to cool down.

When it cools down mash again properly. Then shape the Sandesh and place on decorative paper. Garnish with chocolate chip. One can use almond or pistachios for garnishing