Chom Chom Recipe(बड़ी आसानी से बनाये मार्केट जैसा चम् चम् मिठाई) –Bengali sweet Recipe

Ingredients –

1. Whole milk – 1-2 liter
2. Lemon (you can also use vinegar)
3. Sugar – (as per your taste)
4. Few Whole Cardamom
5. Food color (Red, Yellow) – as per your choice
6. For coating – Dry coconut powder

Method –

For chena (paneer) –

• Boil whole milk in a  pan on medium heat.
• Keep stirring once a while.
• When milk is boiled switch off the heat and start adding lemon juice, as the milk starts to ferment stop adding lemon juice.
• Place a muslin/cotton cloth in a strainer and put the fermented milk in it, to separate remaining water from chena.
• Add 1/2 cup water into the chena and squash.
• Place the chena on the plate and mix well until its becomes smooth.
• Divide the chena into three portions and add 2 drops of  food color in one portion and mix well.
• You can add different colors for other portions if you want.
• Take small portion of chena in your hand and shape it into small ball or cylinder shape.
• Roll the chena balls between your palms and keep them on a plate.
• Add 3 cups of water into the pan, cardamom powder, sugar and let it boil.
• Now put all the chena balls in boiling sugar syrup and close the lid, Cook for 15-20 minutes on high heat.
• After 15- 20 minutes open the lid and cook for other 5 -10 minutes.
• Turn off the stove and let it cool down completely.
• Now take them out in a strainer for 15-20 minutes to drain extra sugar syrup.
• Coat with coconut powder or khoya .
• Chom chom sweets are ready to serve..

Note –

• You can also use readymade unsalted Paneer from market.