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Pantua 

24/09/2017 by Sujata Roy 28 Comments

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May Maa Durga empower you and your family with her nine swaroopa of Name, Fame, Health, Wealth, Happiness, Humanity, Education, Bhakti & Shakti. Happy Navratras. And have a blessed Durga Puja.

Durga Puja is starting from tomorrow. A auspicious occasion of Bengal.

Sharadotsav or Durga puja is an annual Hindu festival in Bengal that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Vijayadashami.

We prepare different types of sweets for this occasion. 

Sharing one more sweet for this festive season.

Pantua.  A delicious melt in mouth dessert. In North India gulab jamun is very famous and its looks like gulab jamun right?  But its not gulab jamun. Gulab jamun is made of khoya or milk solid and pantua is made of paneer or cottage cheese.

You can find this sweet in different names and shapes in Bengal.

Pantua can be made round or oval shaped both. There are two more varieties of this dessert. You can call them close cousins of pantua. They are ledikeni and langcha.

Langcha is cylindrical shaped sugar syrup dipped sweet made of the same ingredients of pantua. But darker in colour. In West Bengal Shaktigarh is famous for its langcha. Whenever we travel from Kolkata to Patna by road my brother always stop at Shaktigarh to enjoy this yummy sweet. And we also pack some of these delicious stuff. Here is a picture I have taken in a sweet shop at Shaktigarh.
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Ledikeni is also made with same ingredients. Here is an old story about this sweet.

Bhim Chandra Nag a confectioner of Kolkata renamed his pantua ‘ledikeni’. At that time he prepared this specially on the occasion of the birthday of Lady Canning, wife of Governor-General Charles Canning. And she loved these sweets and asked for more. Thus pantua is also called ledikeni 😀

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Pantua is easily available in Bengal and Odisha but not in North India. This melt in mouth delicious dessert is very easy to make. Make it at home and make your festival special.

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 Recipe 


Paneer or cottage cheese – 1 cup

Khoya or dried milk – 1/2 cup

Refined flour or maida – 3 tablespoon

Suji or semolina – 1 tablespoon

Soda – a pinch

Ghee or clarified butter – 1 tablespoon

Sugar – 1 cup + 1 tablespoon

Water – 2 cup

Cardamom powder – 1 teaspoon

Saffron – a pinch

Raisins – as require 

Oil for frying 

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Method 


Knead paneer or cottage cheese, khoya/mawa or dried milk, refined flour or maida, soda, sugar and ghee for 10 – 15 minutes.

You have to knead it well to get a smooth and soft dough.

I have blend the cottage cheese and dried milk in mixer grinder to make it smooth.

Then kneaded with sugar, ghee, soda and refined flour for 7 – 8 minutes.

Make small equal size balls out of the dough. I have made 16 balls. Flatten the ball with your palm. Place a raisin in the middle and close the edges. Make a smooth ball again. Make the balls carefully ensuring no cracks on the balls. 

Mix sugar and water in a large pan. Let it boil.

Add cardamom powder and saffron.

When sugar dissolved simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and keep aside. 

Heat sufficient oil in a pan. Simmer the heat.

Fry the balls on low heat. Be patience. Don’t increase the flame.

Fry all the balls evenly. Place on a paper towel.

Soak the fried balls in sugar syrup for 1 hour.

Or heat over high flame just to one boil. Remove from heat.

Serve immediately. Or let it cool down at room temperature and keep in refrigerator for later use.

You can serve it chilled but I like it hot. Just heat or microwave for few seconds before serving.

Enjoy the soft delicious melt in mouth pantua.

I would love to hear from you. Please share your thoughts and suggestions in comment. 

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Filed Under: Dessert, Indian Sweets, Satvik Food Recipes, Traditional Food, Vegetarian Tagged With: Bengali cuisine, Bengali delicacy, cottage cheese, delicious dessert, dried milk, easy cooking, Indian cuisine, khoya, mawa, milk solid, paneer, party dessert, sugar syrup dipped fried sweet, yummy dessert

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  1. poonampagar says

    25/09/2017 at 3:45 AM

    Pantua is new to me di..thanks for sharing this lovely recipe😃

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 4:06 AM

      Thanks a lot Poonam 😍😍

      Reply
  2. Aruna says

    25/09/2017 at 4:03 AM

    Pantua is so so decadent. Just the best offering for Maa.

    Loved the Lady Canning story. 😃😃

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 4:05 AM

      Thank you so much Aruna 😍 😍

      Reply
  3. firsttimercook says

    25/09/2017 at 5:33 AM

    Totally new for me di, looks so yum !!

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 5:47 AM

      Thanks a lot dear 😍 😍

      Reply
  4. mistimaan says

    25/09/2017 at 6:36 AM

    I love pantua and following your recipe I will try to make it.
    Happy Puja to you 🙂

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 7:53 AM

      Thank you. Do try and let me know how it turns out. Happy Durga Puja to you too 😊 😊

      Reply
  5. Ankita Dash says

    25/09/2017 at 8:30 AM

    Very new to me..but looking delicious

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 11:02 AM

      Thanks Ankita 😍 😍

      Reply
  6. Sumith says

    25/09/2017 at 9:52 AM

    Beautiful version of gulab jamun with cottage cheese!

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 11:02 AM

      Thank you so much Sumith 😊 😊

      Reply
  7. Veena Krishnakumar says

    25/09/2017 at 12:31 PM

    This is so new to me. Loved reading about pantua and lady caning too 🙂

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 2:09 PM

      Thanks a lot Veena 😍 😍

      Reply
  8. Amrita says

    25/09/2017 at 4:39 PM

    This is also called Ledikeni if I am not mistaken 😊😊. .yummilicious😍😍slurp

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/09/2017 at 5:09 PM

      Yes you are right. I have mentioned it and the story behind the name ledikeni. Thanks a lot dear 😍

      Reply
  9. Anshu Agarwal says

    25/09/2017 at 11:19 PM

    Mouth watering…So soft and yummy..Loved the recipe !!

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      26/09/2017 at 2:47 AM

      Thank you so much Anshu 😍😍

      Reply
  10. The Girl Next Door says

    26/09/2017 at 4:58 AM

    This looks so delicious! It is something very new to me. 🙂

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      26/09/2017 at 8:17 AM

      Thanks a bunch dear 😍 😍

      Reply
  11. Mayuri Patel says

    26/09/2017 at 5:22 PM

    Just read about this interesting dish from another blogger for the protein rich dishes. Such an interesting recipe and like the little history behind it too. Bookmarking this delicious looking sweet.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      26/09/2017 at 6:34 PM

      Thank you so much Mayuri 😊 😊

      Reply
  12. waagmi Soni (cookingisfunn) says

    01/10/2017 at 8:51 AM

    wooow Pantua, I like the name of this dessert   Looks so delicious dee 🙂

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      02/10/2017 at 11:58 PM

      Thank you so much Waagmi 😊😊

      Reply
  13. preethip says

    01/10/2017 at 9:07 AM

    This is something new for me. Pantua looks so yum.Thanks for the wonderful share dee

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      02/10/2017 at 11:57 PM

      You are most welcome. Thanks for stopping by 😊😊

      Reply

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