Its my son’s birthday today. He is in his college hostel so waiting for his holiday to celebrate the day. May God bless him with all the happiness and success.
On this special day presenting a delicious sweet dish. No, not cake. Its a all time favourite traditional sweet dish of Bengal.
Mouthwatering but very easy to make. Bhapa sandesh or steamed sandesh. Its orange flavoured bhapa sandesh.
Recipe
Paneer/cottage cheese or chhena of 2 liters milk
Sugar – 6 tablespoon
Orange juice – 5 teaspoon
Orange zest – 1/4 teaspoon
Orange segment and 1 teaspoon sugar for sprinkle
Method
In a bowl mix paneer and sugar nicely till soft and smooth. If you like you can add little more sugar. Taste after mixing before adding more.
You can grind or blend it too. Add orange juice and orange zest mix properly. Knead it nicely until soft and smooth.
Take a steel container and grease it with ghee/clarified butter. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon sugar and pieces of orange segment.
Add the paneer mixture and cover with lid. If you don’t have with lid container take a steel bowl and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
In a pressure cooker add 1 cup water and place the container in it. Cover the cooker lid but don’t put the weight over the vent pipe. Cook it for 20 minutes on medium flame.
Take the container out, turn it on a plate. Leave it to cool at room temperature and then refrigerate it for an hour.
Slice and enjoy the heavenly taste.
This looks delicious. I remember eating sandesh years ago and still remember its taste. Thanks for sharing your recipe as I would love to try making it.
Thank you so Mina. Glad you liked it 😊
Sujata this is such a simple yet delicious recipe. Just within my skill set of waiting for a sweet to be ready. Love it. Birthday wishes to your son. Thanks to him I can enjoy some sandesh .
Thanks a lot Archana. Its an old post. His birthday is on October 4th. But thanks for your blessings and wishes. Much needed 😍
oh you had me at orange and sandesh both in one sentence ,looks very tempting. I have tried different version, would love to try it
Thanks a lot dear. Please do try, I am sure you will love the taste 😊
Orange flavoured steamed sondesh sounds interesting. I love sondesh and this looks absolutely irresistible.
Thank you so much Preethi 😊
This looks so delicious with the taste of orange in it. I must try this one sometime. Loved it.
Thank you so much Jayashree 😊
so soft spongy porous. Totally loved this delicious steamed treat and with the orange flavor – too good!
Thank you so much Mireille 😊
You have made the recipe of sandesh sp simple . I always thought preparing sondesh is a herculean task . I am sure this orange flavored sandesh will be very refreshing and delicious
Thank you so much Priya. Sandesh is most easy to make. Please try once.