Bhapa Sandesh - Steamed Sandesh

Ingredients

• • Full fat milk - 1 liter
• • Sugar - 3 tablespoons
• • Lemon juice or vinegar - ¼ cup
• • Cardamom powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Saffron/Kesar - 10 strands
• • Warm milk - 1 tablespoon
• • Pistachios - 12

Method

• 1. Heat the milk in a non stick saucepan and when it comes to a boil, add the lemon juice and stir till the milk curdles.
• 2. Strain and put the chhenna (home made cheese) through a muslin or cotton kerchief and squeeze till all the water is drained out.
• 3. Mix the saffron in one tablespoon of warm milk and keep aside.
• 4. Add sugar, green cardamom powder and saffron milk with the chhenna and kneed well.
• 5. Steam the mixture in a steamer for ten minutes.
• 6. Take the mixture out from the steamer and when it is slightly cooled kneed it well.
• 7. Spread the mix in a tray evenly into a half inch thick sheet and cut it into equal square or diamond shaped pieces.
• 8. Garnish the pieces with pistachios and serve.