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Rose & Saffron Sandesh

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 5

Equipment

  • Muslin cloth
  • Parchment paper

Ingredients

  • 1- liter fresh milk
  • 11/2 tsp lemon
  • 2 tsp water
  • 7-8 strings of saffron Kesar
  • 1 tsp edible rose petals dry
  • 1/2 tbsp rose water to soak and brush rose petals
  • 1-2 cardamom only black seeds crushed, don't take the green skin
  • 11/2 tbsp sugar can be adjusted how sweet you want
  • 1/2 tsp milk to soaked saffron

Instructions

  • In a pan keeps milk for boiling. Once the boil comes turn off the stove. Keep it aside for one minute. Now mix lemon juice and water in a bowl. Put this mixture in the boiled milk and stir it continuously. You will see that milk will start crumbling in small grain-like particles, water will get separated and you will get white color crumbled grainy texture that is chenna(paneer). If you will make chenna(cottage cheese)in this way you will get very soft chenna (cottage cheese). Now add one cup of cold water in this chenna.
  • Now take a muslin cloth and place it in a bowl. Pour the boiled milk in this cloth , wash it with the1 cup cold water, and squeeze(4-5 times) it so that extra water will be drained out. now put some heavy object(1 kg) on the muslin cloth containing chenna(cottage cheese) for 15 minutes so that if any water left can be squeezed out. Till water gets squeezed out soak Kesar (saffron) in milk.
  • After 15 minutes take out chenna from the muslin cloth on a plate. Now divide your chenna into two parts. We will take 1/4th chenna separately as we have to add Kesar in it. Add soaked Kesar in this 1/4th chenna, powder sugar (1/2 tbsp), and cardamom powder. Mash with heels of your hand for 2-3 minutes to get a smooth texture.
  • Take a non-stick pan and cook this chenna for two minutes to remove all the excess moisture. Let it cool for a few minutes. Make the cylindrical roll with the help of parchment paper.
  • chenna which we kept separately( 3/4th) now add sugar with the help of a spatula and mix it nicely. We will churn this mixture in a grinder for a few seconds so that we get a very fine mixture.
  • Take a non-stick pan and cook this chenna for two minutes to remove all the excess moisture. Let it cool for a few minutes. Put this mixture on the parchment paper cover it with another parchment paper and roll it with a rolling pin. We have to roll it like half centimeter thick chapati.
  • Take out the parchment paper which is on the top. Now place the Kesar cylindrical role on the edge leaving 2 cm distance. With the help of parchment paper roll it with soft hands. Make sure the roll should not be loose.It should be firm.
  • Brush this role with rose petals soaked in rose water. Keep this roll In the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Now take Route roll from the refrigerator and keep it on some hard surface and cut them in equal size 9-10 pieces with a sharp knife.
  • Garnish it with some Kesar strings. Serve it cool.