Chhanar Payesh (Curd Cheese Dessert)

Ingredients

• Chhana (Curd Cheese): 1 Cup
• Milk: 5 Cups
• Cardamom (Elaichi): 3
• Sugar: 2 Cups for syrup and 1/2 cup for payesh
• Water: 2 Cups

Method

• Rub the chhana (curd cheese) gently with your hands so that no lumps remain.
• Make small balls out of the chhana.
• Dissolve 2 cups of sugar in 2 cups of water and boil the mixture until you get a sweet syrup.
• Add the balls of chhana into the syrup and boil the contains for 5 mins.
• At the same time, boil the milk in a separate saucepan.
• Take the chhana balls out of the syrup and place them in the boiling milk.
• When the volume of milk reduces by half, add sugar and cardamom (elaichi) to it.
• Sugar should be added as per taste.
• Let the payesh cool off before serving.