Dry fruits stuffed instant sondesh

Durga pujo brought in lot of excitement,happiness and joy to my life. I went berserked with food,pandal hopping and dressing up,leaving almost no time to blog any recipe here. Hence,writing after a long break,although not a very long one. This time of the year is my favourite as it not only brings joy with so many festivities,but also the climate is super cool,making me feel to travel around more.

Diwali being just a few days away,I thought of sharing this recipe which is fast to make and involves no cooking,once the chana has been prepared. This recipe will be less sweet in taste and can be consumed by those who are on diet. 

Ingredients

1. Full cream milk - 1 litre

2. Dry fruits chopped - 1/2 cup approx

3. Milk powder - 1/2 cup

4. Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Method

Boil and curdle the milk with curd. You can also curdle with lemon,in that case wash the chana with water so that the lime flavours gets removed. I generally prefer using curd while making sweets. The trick is once the milk starts boiling,lower down the flame and keep adding curd in small portions in intervals till the milk curdles. Strain in a muslin cloth and squeeze hard to remove all the moisture from it. I made almost 1/2 cups of chana,the ratio should be 3:1 of chana to milk powder. Once it cools down completely press with the lower side of your palm and knead for at least 5 mins till it has a smooth texture. Add milk powder to the chana and further knead till smooth texture. Make small balls and fill small amount of chopped dry fruits inside the balls. Layer with some dry fruits on top and press slightly. Repeat till you have used the entire mixture. Refrigerate for minimum 1 hr and serve.