For the second day of Indian Milk Sweets series, I have a delicious easy to make Bengali sweet, Sandesh/ Sondesh. Though the making of sandesh is very easy, there are some ponts to be noted before starting the preparation. If made properly, sandesh will be smooth and will not be grainy and crumbly in texture. The first point to be noted is the preparation of paneer. Follow my paneer recipe which is used in sweets. Rubbing the paneer with your palm ensures that there are no granules in paneer. Adding powdered sugar makes it easy to mix into paneer. And cooking on mild heat is extremely important to avoid getting dry sandesh.
The first sandesh recipe i decided was a roll. When I made it, I did some wrong steps and my sandesh turned out grainy. But still I rolled it and refrigerated it. The roll had plain sandesh on the outside and rose sandesh inside. While I tried cutting the set sandesh, it started crumbling. So I didn’t want to post it here. But still we enjoyed those crumbled rolls. I made it again, but used only the rose flavour and instead of making spheres, I pressed them into rose moulds and got these cute tasty rose sandesh. I used rose milk essence in the recipe. But if you don’t have it, use rose essence and a few drops of pink colour instead. From the paneer I made with one litre of milk, I got only 8 roses. And they were gone on the same day I made them. Sruti just loved it.
Ingredients:
Soft Paneer made from 1 litre milk (click on the name to view the method)
Powdered Sugar – 1/3 cup
Rose Milk Essence – a few drops
Procedure:
Take the soft paneer in a plate and press it with your palm and knead until it is very soft without any granules.
Add in powdered sugar and rose milk essence and mix it well.
Transfer this to a heavy bottomed pan and on low flame, keep on stirring the mixture.
The mixture should not very hot. You should be able to touch it by hand.
If by any chance the mixture became very hot, remove from flame and keep on stirring on the residual heat.
Keep on stirring until it is neither too dry or too wet.
Remove from flame and divide it into portions.
Press it into moulds or make small balls out of it.
Refrigerate until firm.
Carefully remove them from moulds and serve.

Rose Sandesh Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Soft Paneer made from 1 litre milk click on the name to view the method
- Powdered Sugar - 1/3 cup
- Rose Milk Essence - a few drops
Instructions
Procedure
- Take the soft paneer in a plate and press it with your palm and knead until it is very soft without any granules.
- Add in powdered sugar and rose milk essence and mix it well.
- Transfer this to a heavy bottomed pan and on low flame, keep on stirring the mixture.
- The mixture should not very hot. You should be able to touch it by hand.
- If by any chance the mixture became very hot, remove from flame and keep on stirring on the residual heat.
- Keep on stirring until it is neither too dry or too wet.
- Remove from flame and divide it into portions.
- Press it into moulds or make small balls out of it.
- Refrigerate until firm.
- Carefully remove them from moulds and serve.
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They look really cute ! Wow
I love home made sandesh and specially rose flavored, I like the way you have used your rose mould to finish these, they look very pretty.
Rose sandesh are cute!!
Love the cute rose moulds. Looking very pretty.
Cute looking rose Sandesh,love the pretty pink color..
Rose sandesh looks adorable and very girly.. My favourite sweet.
The shape is true to it’s title and those rose shaped rose sandesh are delectable.
Sandesh gets a new dress up Gayathri. Falling in love with the cute moulds.
these are so cute.. Adding them in molds for shaping is perfect idea.
The rose flavored and shaped sandesh look really cute. I am going to try this soon.
Lovely rose sandesh — beautiful color and they look like they’ll melt in the mouth.
They are really beautiful. I love this one to bits though I do not promise to make it anytime soon as right now I have to watch out with my weight.
These sadness are so cute and yummy looking. I tried to make it once but it turned out too grainy. Will try with your method again
The mould makes it look so cute Gayathri..nice one..I remember making a chocolate version for my boys!
Lovely rose shaped sandesh….my daughter got fascinated with them.
So cute and flavorful looking sondesh. Love the rose shape.
look so pretty and easy to make
Love the color of the Sandesh and wonderful idea to shape it in the mould.