Tag: Navratri

Sandesh/ Sondesh (सोंदेश मिठाई ) – Bengali Sweets- Indian Desserts- Navratri Special

Ingredients –

  • Paneer / Indian Cottage cheese (hang to drain whey completely) – 1 cup
  • Khoya / Mawa / Milk powder – 1/2 cup
  • Powder sugar (as per your taste)- 3 tbsp.
  • A pinch of cardamom powder
  • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp.
For Garnishing –
  • Chopped Pista, Tutti frutti, Saffron etc.

Method –

  1. Add Khoya, Paneer, Sugar, cardamom powder into the non stick pan.
  2. Mix will and cook on low heat.
  3. Keep stirring continuously.
  4. Cook until smooth dough is formed.
  5. Once ready, turn off the heat and allow the mixture to cool.
  6. Grease your palms with ghee and make small balls from the dough, roll it between your palms.
  7. Press with your thumb in the middle of it.
  8. Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
  9. Lightly grease the molds with ghee.
  10. Put a little topping mixture in each mold.
  11. Press some of the prepared paneer mixture on top of the topping in each mold and shape.
  12. Garnish the Sandesh (as per your choice).
  13. Sandesh is ready, refrigerate for few hours  and serve.

Bread Gulab Jamun(ब्रेड से बनाये सॉफ्ट गुलाब जामुन)-Gulab Jamun– Instant Sweets Recipe

Ingredients –

  • White bread- 4-5 slices
  • Milk ( for the preparing bread dough)
  • Sugar- 1 cup (as per your taste)
  • Green cardamom whole / powder -2 pinch
  • Vegetable Oil / Ghee – for deep frying

Method –

  1. Take slices of bread and remove the edges of the bread.
  2. Crush the bread evenly.
  3. Add little milk and mix well, leave it for 5 min.
  4. After 5 min make a soft dough.
  5. Make small balls out of the dough, if dough is sticking on your palm you can grease your palm with oil.
  6. Close it evenly by rolling the ball in your hand.
  7. Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
  8. Heat the oil in a pan/kadhai to medium heat.
  9. Fry all the Gulab Jamun balls in the heated oil.
  10. Keep stirring until it turns golden in color. 
  11. Once ready, transfer into a kitchen or absorbent tissue.
  12. Heat 1 cup of water in a pan, add sugar, cardamom powder and boil for 5 minute.
  13. Once sugar chasni starts boiling, turn off the heat.
  14. Add fried Gulab Jamun in the hot sugar chasni.
  15. Leave Gulab Jamun for 10-15 minutes in sugar chasni.
  16. After 15 minutes, take out all the Gulab Jamun into a bowl.
  17. Bread Gulab Jamun is ready, you can garnish with Pista powder, coconut powder, etc.
  18. You can serve the Gulab Jamun hot or cold as you like.

Perfect Bread Gulab Jamun(ब्रेड गुलाब जामुन)-Navratri Special-Stuffed Gulab Jamun-Gulab Jamun

Happy Navratri Festival to all of you… Smile 

Ingredients –

  1. White bread- 4-5 slices
  2. Milk ( for the preparing bread dough)
  3. Sugar- 1 cup (as per your taste)
  4. Green cardamom whole / powder -2 pinch
  5. Vegetable Oil / Ghee – for deep frying

For stuffing –

  1. Mawa / Khoya
  2. Sugar – 1 tsp (as per your taste)
  3. Chopped Pistachios (Pista), cashew, etc.
  4. Pistachios (Pista) for garnishing
  5. Food color as per your choice

Method –

  • Take slices of bread and remove the edges of the bread.
  • Crush the bread evenly.
  • Add little milk and mix well, leave it for 5 min.
  • After 5 min make a soft dough.
  • Crush the mava, add little sugar, few drops of food color and mix well.
  • Make small balls out of the dough, if dough is sticking on your palm you can grease your palm with oil.
  • Now flatten the balls in you palm, fill the bread with little stuffing.
  • Close it evenly by rolling the ball in your hand.
  • Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
  • Heat the oil in a pan/kadhai to medium heat.
  • Fry all the Gulab Jamun balls in the heated oil.
  • Keep stirring until it turns golden in color. 
  • Once ready, transfer into a kitchen or absorbent tissue.
  • Heat 1 cup of water in a pan, add sugar, cardamom powder and boil for 5 minute.
  • Once sugar chasni is boiled, turn off the heat.
  • Add fried Gulab Jamun in the hot sugar chasni.
  • Leave Gulab Jamun for 10-15 minutes in sugar chasni.
  • After 15 minutes, take out all the Gulab Jamun into a bowl.
  • Bread Gulab Jamun is ready, you can garnish with Pista powder, coconut powder, etc.
  • You can serve the Gulab Jamun hot or cold as you like.