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Chanar Payesh Recipe is popular paneer sweet recipe made by making paneer balls which are dunked in creamy milk. Make Chanar Payesh and serve as a desert for you next dinner party and wow your guests. One such creamy luscious authentic and traditional Bengali sweet served during special occasions is Chanar Payesh. Thick full cream milk, reduced to half it's consistency and cooked with fresh home made cottage cheese dumplings is simply delectable.
Ingredients250 grams 2 cups Milk , full cream1/3 cup Sugar1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)Saffron strands , few strands, soaked in 2 tablespoons milk10 Cashew nuts , chopped10 Sultana Raisins6 Whole Almonds (Badam) , choppedFew Pistachios , chopped To garnishMixed nuts , choppedRose PetalsSaffron strandsHow to make Chanar Payesh Recipe
To begin making Chanar Payesh, take fresh paneer in a bowl and mash it well with your hands to make it smooth and moist.
Pinch marble sized chenna and make dumplings out of it and keep them aside.
Boil full cream milk in a and reduce it till it turns off white and creamy.
Keep scraping the cream from sides and add into the boiling milk. Add sugar, saffron milk and cardamom powder along with chopped cashews, almonds and pistachios and cook it for another few minutes.
Keep stirring at regular intervals to avoid milk getting burnt.
Once the milk comes to a thick and creamy consistency, slide in the chenna dumplings and cook for another 5-6 mins on a low flame.
Add raisins and turn off the gas keep aside to cool. Refrigerate the payesh and serve chilled.
