Name: Nolen Gurer Sandesh (Date Palm Jaggery Sandesh) recipe by Sangeeta Basak at BetterButter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: Cow milk 1 litre; Curd 1/2 cup; Ghee 1 tablespoon; Nolen gur(date palm jaggery) 4 tablespoon; Sugar to taste; Green cardamom powder 1 teaspoon; For garnishing date palm jaggery syrup (jhola gur) 1 tablespoon

ABOUT Nolen Gurer Sandesh (Date Palm Jaggery Sandesh) RECIPE

It is a very special sweet in bengali cuisine in winter. In winter nolen gur comes to the market. From my childhood I love this sweet very much. In kolkata we get it in any of the sweet shops easily in winter time. But now where I live, it is not possible to get it easily. I had stored some jaggery in my fridge. So now I am making this sweet in my kitchen.

Ingredients Serving: 9

Cow milk 1 litre
Curd 1/2 cup
Ghee 1 tablespoon
Nolen gur(date palm jaggery) 4 tablespoon
Sugar to taste
Green cardamom powder 1 teaspoon
For garnishing date palm jaggery syrup (jhola gur) 1 tablespoon

Instructions

Take the milk in a heavy bottomed pan and boil on medium heat.
Beat the curd and keep it aside.
When the milk starts boiling, add the beaten curd and stir it.
Within 2-3 minutes you will see the milk curdling and then switch of the flame.
Strain it using a muslin cloth and squeeze it to drain out the extra water.
Hang it for 30 minutes to drain the excess whey.
After that knead the chenna properly.
Add ghee in pan and let it melt.
Pour the chenna into the pan and saute it in low flame.
After 3-4 minutes add sugar and jaggery.
Now the chenna will become little thin so dry the chenna by continuous cooking.
Stir it continuously so that it does not stick to the bottom.
When it is like a soft dough, add green cardamom powder and switch off the flame. Let it cool to the temperature which your hand can tolerate. Chenna should be little warm.
Grease your palm with ghee and make the chenna balls.
Dab each balls with your finger tip and garnish it with date palm jaggery syrup (jhola gur) and serve.

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