For the second day, here is an easy breezy recipe which tastes awesome. This is one of the sweets I taste tested after a very long time. There is a sweet chevu available in Tamil Nadu. It is crispy and sweet made with besan and deep fried. The sugar crystallizes on top to give that crispy sweet effect. If you combine this taste with rasgolla, think about how it would be. That is chenna murkhi. With just two ingredients, this sweet gets ready within 30 minutes.
Chenna Murki/ Chhenna murkhi is a Bengali sweet made for special occasions. You just need some cubed paneer and sugar and you are ready to go. I made my usual home made malai paneer recipe for the base paneer. This is made by combining milk and cream to add an extra softness to the paneer. Once you try this paneer you will never go back to the paneer made only with milk. Do take a look at the video where I have shown how to shape it into a neat block for better results.
I made the paneer two days earlier so that it would be easier when I made the sweet. That day was so hectic as I made mawa with two litres of milk (which took nearly 5 hours from start to finish) and also a batch of paneer for other sweets. That is why I tried this recipe as it was quite easy to make. You really need to taste it to know when I say it is fabulous. As I was tasting a milk sweet after a long time, I was just amazed by its taste. But I stopped with two cubes (didn’t want to spoil the diet because of my sweet tooth) but my daughter enjoyed the whole bowl.
Ingredients:
Malai Paneer – 200 gm
Sugar – 200 gm
Cardamom Powder – 1/4 tsp
Water – 100 ml
Procedure:
In a pan mix together water, sugar and cardamom powder and bring it to boil.
Let it boil until the syrup reaches a half thread consistency. When you take a drop of the syrup between your thumb and index finger and pull them apart, it should form a thread half way and break. That is half thread consistency.
Add cubed paneer into the syrup and allow it to boil on medium flame.
The syrup will start thickening and foaming.
When it is really thick, remove the paneer cubes and place on a tray lined with parchment paper.
Make sure you lay the cubes separately.
Once cool, the sugar becomes a crusty layer on top of the cubes and the inside will be juicy and soft.
Store in airtight jar once cool.
Chenna Murkhi Recipe - Indian Sweet Recipes
Ingredients
- Malai Paneer - 200 gm
- Sugar - 200 gm
- Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Water - 100 ml
Instructions
- In a pan mix together water, sugar and cardamom powder and bring it to boil.
- Let it boil until the syrup reaches a half thread consistency. When you take a drop of the syrup between your thumb and index finger and pull them apart, it should form a thread half way and break. That is half thread consistency.
- Add cubed paneer into the syrup and allow it to boil on medium flame.
- The syrup will start thickening and foaming.
- When it is really thick, remove the paneer cubes and place on a tray lined with parchment paper.
- Make sure you lay the cubes separately.
- Once cool, the sugar becomes a crusty layer on top of the cubes and the inside will be juicy and soft.
- Store in airtight jar once cool.
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This is one sweet that I love since I was a little kid , every time I would go to a Mithai shop I would first pick a few and taste- later bought and it all got over in minutes . It’s totally addictive ! One just can’t stop , looking at thesehome made Paneer dumplings , I seriously feel like making them . Too good Gayathri!
I love that sweet murukku that you mentioned.. They are so addictive! This dish is so new to me Gayathri and I bet these are equally addictive!
Wow! I have never tasted anything like this. I agree that this is super easy to make.
With just two ingredients, a sweet can be made ,then i’m in . Sounds so simple and delicious, Gayathri. Bookmarked to try.
Such a simple and delicious dessert this is Gayathri. I think the first thing for this dish is freshly made Paneer and your malai paneer sounds very interesting. Will definitely try your recipe next time I make paneer at home.
wow such an amazing looks chenna murki with fresh homemade paneer 🙂 This is such an easy to make yet yummy recipe gayathri .. I know it takes hours of effort to make khoya at home .. I was thinking about making these for my C too 🙂 They absolutely look fabulous I don’t even have to taste them but I wish I could now 🙂
Very new dish to me. The sugar coated malai paneer cubes sound fabulous. I bet Shruthi enjoyed them.
Such a delightful sweet dish Gayathri…When I did my Bengali Sweets, I had to forgo this as I had another complex dish to make heheheh..your dish looks so good..fantastic doing the amount of work went in making these sweets!
Chenna murki was my favorite sweet back in childhood days I don’t know why I stopped eating them. Now I have the recipe and will make it soon. Bookmarking
My daughter loves this and i make it for her very often.. Great share and preparing with home made paneer is so good!!
very new dish and loving ur milk sweets series.. am sure to bookamrk a few from ur series 🙂
Wow, kalakals Gayathri, such an interesting sweet, just with two ingredients, am so tempted to makes some soon. And thats a wonderful video about the homemade paneer, very useful for many.
Gayathri, this is definitely bookmarked and I can’t wait to make it. This sounds so amazing and as a paneer lover, this will soon become one of my favorite. I have to yet succeed in making good home made paneer. Hopefully that will be soon and then I can make this chenna murkhi.
Delicious… Paneer and sugar how can it go wrong. My mom would love it for sure. Will try it out for her.
looks yumm gayathri, with homemade soft paneer, this should be even more delicious!!! A quickie treat to make when we are less on time!
Wow Gayathri, never heard of this sweet but it definitely looks so yummy.
Chenna Murkh is one of mine fav sweet.. I can eat half box in one time… awesome recipe.