Sunday, 21 July 2013

CHANAR BARA RECIPE - Bengali




















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Ingredients:
1 tsp green cardamom power
500 gms refined flour (maida)
250 gms cottage cheese (paneer/chana)
ghee for frying
 
2 cup sugar

Method:

·    Mash paneer well.
·    Mix one tblsp of ghee with the flour.
·    Mix milk a little at a time.
·    There should be no lumps.
·    The batter should be rather thin.
·    Now, mix in the mashed paneer.
·    This will thicken the batter.
·    Lastly, mix in the powdered cardamom.
·    The batter, finally, must be of medium thick consistency so that it can easily be dropped from a spoon.
·    Make syrup of one string consistency with the sugar and 11/2 cup of water.
·    Heat up ghee in a kadhai.
·    Drop spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden.
·    Soak in the syrup for at least two hours.