6 Bengali Desserts Recipes You Must Try
Bengali sweets are just mouth-watering. They contain a lot of milk in them. The main ingredient in the Bengali authentic sweet dishes is milk and sugar or jaggery.
Bengali sweets are just mouth-watering. They contain a lot of milk in them. The main ingredient in the Bengali authentic sweet dishes is milk and sugar or jaggery. Our Bengalis famous rosogolla is world famous. Our grandmothers used to make these Bengali Authentic sweet dishes. We Bengalis are very much fond of eating, be it a sweet dish or any main course. We have different varieties. Not only rosogolla but different times of Naru , moa, payesh, and many more. As we like eating we are also very much fond of feeding others. The Bengali sweets dishes are very much famous worldwide. We just need very few ingredients and we can make a different variety of sweet dishes. These sweet dish recipes come from our Bengali kitchen, made by our grandmother and their ancestors. We all are fond of this variety of sweet dishes. We can prepare these sweet dishes very easily at our home.
Here Are 6 Delicious Recipes Of Bengali Famous Sweet Desserts.
MALPUA
Malpua is a traditional dessert recipe of the Indian subcontinent. Malpuas is originated from the Vedic times of ancient India. Malpua can also be served as a snack. The main ingredients needed for this dessert recipe are flour, rice flour, sugar, and fennel seeds. There are many variations of Malpua. Some are cooked with suji, ripe bananas, pineapple, or only of rice flour. Malpua is also a type of sweet cake. This is loved by all generations. In all the Indian festivals Malpua is made in every home. This is a traditional dessert recipe made in ancient times. Malpua is among one of the bhog of Lord Jagannatha. A smooth batter is made of the ingredients and then they are dipped and fried in hot oil. Sometimes they are dipped in sugar syrup and flavored with cardamom. Malpuas are crispy on the edges and soft in the center. Malpua is popular in Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Malpua is also famous in Bangladesh and Nepal. Malpuas are often served with rabdi on Bengali occasions. So, lets us now check out the detailed recipe of Malpua and try them at our home.
MALPUA
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 2 cups milk
- 4 tablespoon ghee
- 2 tablespoon khoya
- half cup sugar
- half cup water
Instructions
- Take a bowl and all the milk and khoya to it.
- Mix them very nicely.
- Now add flour, fennel seds, and cardamom powder to it.
- Mix them very well and make a smooth batter out of it.
- Beat the batter for about 10 minutes.
- Now set the batter aside for about 2 hours.
- Now prepare the sugar syrup by adding the sugar and water to a pan.
- Heat them till the sugar melts and turns sticky.
- Set them aside.
- Now heat a pan and add ghee to it.
- When the ghee becomes hot, add 2 tablespoons of the batter to it.
- The batter spreads according to its consistency.
- Fry them well till the color turns golden brown.
- Now put them on the sugar syrup.
- Our malpuas are ready to be served.
Notes
- To avoid crystallization of the sugar syrup you can add lemon juice to it.
- Allow the malpuas to set in the sugar syrup for 10 minutes directly from the frying pan.
- You can adjust the consistency of the batter by adding more milk to it latter.
- Serve the malpuas by garnishing them with chopped nuts.
SANDESH
Bengalis Sandesh is world famous. This Bengali Dessert is just so yummy. So let us see the recipe of delicious Bengali dessert recipes in detail.
SANDESH
Ingredients
- 500 ml milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- half cup sugar powdered
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 teaspoon chopped almonds
- 1 teaspoon chopped cashews
- 1 teaspoon chopped pistachios
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is make cheena from the milk
- boil the milk and add 2 tablespoons of lime juice to it.
- When the cheena is made we need to separate the cheena from the water. For this, we need to take a cheesecloth and put the chenna in it tie the cloth, and hang it at height for about 30 minutes, so that the cheena and the water get totally separated.
- Now take the cheena in a dish and knead it nicely with your hands for 15 minutes till the cheena becomes soft.
- Now we need to add the powdered sugar to it and mix it nicely.
- After that, we need to heat a pan and put the mixture in it. And stir nicely for about 10 minutes, till the mixture will become thick and sticks out from the pan.
- Now transfer the mixture to a plate and let it cool.
- Add the cardamom powder to it and mix nicely.
- Next, we have to make small balls from the mixture. We need to roll these balls between our hand and then press it.
- Our sandesh is ready. Now we can decorate this Bengali sweet with almonds cashews and pistachios.
RASOGULLA
Rasgulla is one of the most important desserts of the Bengalis.This dessert is purely made of chana that is milk. This dessert is just too yummy. So let us see the recipe of delicious Bengali dessert recipes in detail.
RASOGULLA
Ingredients
- 5 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- few ice cubes
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon saffron
- 1 teaspoon rose water
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is make cheena out of the milk.
- For making cheena we need to boil the milk and add the lime juice to it.
- After making cheena take a thin cloth and drain the water that comes out from the milk after the cheena is made.
- Now we need to wash the cheena nicely so that the sourness of the lime juice goes away.
- Now tie the cloth tightly and allow the water to drain away completely.
- Now we need to make the sugar syrup.
- For making the syrup we need to add water, sugar, and cardamom powder to a pot.
- Put the pot in flame and let the sugar boil and dissolve. Our sugar syrup is ready.
- Add the rose water to the syrup.
- Now kneed the cheena very smoothly for about 5 to 10 minutes.
- When the mixture turns smooth take small portions of it and make small balls.
- Now again heat the sugar syrup and put the small balls in it one by one.
- Let them boil for 5 minutes.
- Our rosogolla is ready to serve
MISHTI DOI
Doi is an emotion for all Bengalis. Misti doi is a dessert that you must always try.So let us see the recipe of delicious Bengali dessert recipes in detail.
MISTI DOI
Ingredients
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup jaggery powder
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 2 tablespoon curd making powder
Instructions
- All we need to do is boil milk in a pot and stir it continuously till the milk thickens.
- Now let the milk cook down.
- Now add the jaggery to the milk. We must remember that while adding the jaggery the milk must be warm.
- Mix the jaggery in the milk very nicely.
- Now add the cardamom powder to the milk.
- Let the jaggery and the cardamom powder dissolve in the milk very nicely.
- Now take an earthen pot in which doi are made.
- Put the milk in the earthen pot.
- Now put the curd-making powder in the pot and mix it.
- Cover the top of the pot with foil paper and keep the pot in a warm place.
- The curd needs to be set down to misti doi. It takes a minimum of 24 hours for the misti doi to set down.
- When the doi is set refrigerate it and then serve it.
PANTUA
Pantua is so delicious and yummy sweet of the all Bengalis. So let us see the recipe of delicious Bengali dessert recipes in detail.
PANTUA
Ingredients
- 5 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- few ice cubes
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon saffron
- 1 teaspoon rose water
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is make cheena out of the milk.
- For making cheena we need to boil the milk and add the lime juice to it.
- After making cheena take a thin cloth and drain the water that comes out from the milk after the cheena is made.
- Now we need to wash the cheena nicely so that the sourness of the lime juice goes away.
- Now tie the cloth tightly and allow the water to drain away completely.
- Now we need to make the sugar syrup.
- For making the syrup we need to add water, sugar, and cardamom powder to a pot.
- Put the pot in flame and let the sugar boil and dissolve. Our sugar syrup is ready.
- Add the rose water to the syrup.
- Now kneed the cheena very smoothly for about 5 to 10 minutes.
- When the mixture turns smooth take small portions of it and make small balls.
- Now, heat oil in a wok and put and fry this chenna balls till the color turns golden brown.
- Now again heat the sugar syrup and put the fried small balls in it one by one.
- Let them boil for 5 minutes.
- Our yummy pantua is ready to be served.
NOLEN GURER PAYESH
Nolen gurer payesh is an emotion for all Bengalis. Nolen gur is a love for all. This payesh is made with rice and nolen gur. So let us see the recipe of delicious Bengali dessert recipes in detail.
NOLEN GURER PAYESH
Ingredients
- half cup gobinda vog rice
- 5 cups milk
- half cup nolen gur
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 tablespoon almonds chopped
- 1 tablespoons cashews chopped
- 1 tablespoons raisins
Instructions
- All we need to do at first is soak the rice in water for about 20 minutes.
- Now heat a pot and put the milk in it.
- Stir the milk at regular intervals.
- Let the milk boil and become a little thick.
- After 10 minutes rinse the water of the rice and put the rice in the milk pot.
- Next add the bay leaf, and the cardamom powder and stir continuously and let them mix well.
- Let them simmer on low flame so that the rice gets cooked.
- We need to stir at regular intervals so that the rice does not get burnt at the bottom.
- We can smash some rice so that the mixture looks thick.
- When the rice gets cooked put the flame and add the cashews, almonds, and raisins, and mix them very well.
- Next, add the jaggery or Nolen Gur in it and stir continuously so that the jaggery gets mixed very well.
- Our payesh is ready.
- Next, we can refrigerate the payesh. Our famous Bengali sweet dish is ready to serve.
