I have not tasted sandesh anywhere else,just tried for the first time and tasted. With very less ingredients,you can enjoy this yummy paneer sweet. This paneer sweet recipe is so easy to make and perfect for gifting your friends and family as its easy to make if chenna is ready. I have added pistachios to this to make it more special, but you can make it plain. 
Sandesh recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets
Prep Time: 1 hr for making chenna | Cook time: 15 mins | Makes: 8- 10
Prep Time: 1 hr for making chenna | Cook time: 15 mins | Makes: 8- 10
Ingredients
Full cream milk – 1 litre
Lemon juice – From 1 lemon
Water – 2 tbsp
Sugar (powdered) – 7 tbsp
Corn flour – 2 tsp
Pistachio – 2 tbsp
Green food colour – 3 drops
Lemon juice – From 1 lemon
Water – 2 tbsp
Sugar (powdered) – 7 tbsp
Corn flour – 2 tsp
Pistachio – 2 tbsp
Green food colour – 3 drops
Method:
- Boil milk. Dilute lemon juice with water and add it to the boiling milk and keep stirring till the milk curdles completely.
- Strain the paneer/Chhena in a muslin cloth(I used one of my dupattas). Hang it for 1/2 hour or till all the water drains. I just squeeze excess water now and then in the 1/2 hour
- Grind this chhena with sugar and corn flour in mixer until smooth.
- Take a non stick pan and heat this mixture on very low heat for 8-10 mins. Take care not to change the paneer colour. I added the green colour in this stage,while heating the mixture.
- When the mixture turns dry and thick remove from fire and transfer to a bowl. Add the powdered pistachios and the green colour.
- Knead well and make into desired shapes. Decorate with pistachios. Keep refrigerated till serving time.
Notes:
- Tastes best when served chilled …
- Adding corn flour and pistachio powder is optional. I have not tried though without those two ,but saw in another cook book without those.
I just made it round and simple,you can try different moulds and even make interesting shapes!!
VineelaSiva
May 1, 2011 at 11:02 pmMe too never tried at home.Will try.Clicks are amazing.
Preeti Kashyap
May 1, 2011 at 11:08 pmLovely!They lookso fresh and soft!
Home Cooked Oriya Food
May 1, 2011 at 11:24 pmlooks yummy!
Torviewtoronto
May 1, 2011 at 11:59 pmbeautifully done looks delicious
Shanavi
May 2, 2011 at 12:17 amSimple yet delicious.. detailed pics helpa a lot
Vimitha Anand
May 2, 2011 at 1:50 amLook so yum and delicious…
Hamaree Rasoi
May 2, 2011 at 1:53 amPaneer Sandesh looks so yummy. Can almost feel it.
Deepa
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Satrupa
May 2, 2011 at 3:04 amMouthwatering clicks ….. I wish I could eat of of the pict 🙂
Cheers,
Satrupa
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Sharmilee! :)
May 2, 2011 at 3:54 amLooks sinfully delicious..adding pistas would surely enhance the flavour..wud try it out sometime
Valarmathi Sanjeev
May 2, 2011 at 4:12 amPaneer sandesh looks yummy and soft… liked the light green colour and beautiful clicks.
Pavithra
May 2, 2011 at 4:14 amLooks super yumm and I love all milk sweets. Raji click looks so nice 🙂
Divya.M
May 2, 2011 at 5:22 amlooks yumm and clicks really attracts…
Kavitha Bhargav
May 2, 2011 at 5:24 amLooks great in green colour along with pista…
Sudha Sabarish
May 2, 2011 at 5:35 amHi Raji,
As usual no words to explain about the dish.In case if full cream milk is not available is it possible to do with a normal milk.If Pistachio powder is not available is it possible to powder the pista and do since i don't no anything about that.If time permits kindly visit my blog and give me you are suggestions to improve my blog as you are my major inspiration to start on the cookery blog and i am not only new to blog,also new to cooking.
http://sabdhaskitchen.blogspot.com/
Prathibha
May 2, 2011 at 5:39 amI love bengali sweetsn especially d ones without sheera…nice color wid d pistachios…yummy..beautifully rounded raks..
Santosh Bangar
May 2, 2011 at 5:46 amyummy and lovely sandesh
Shanthi
May 2, 2011 at 5:55 amLOVELY COLOUR AND SOFT SANDESH.
Paaka Shaale
May 2, 2011 at 5:55 amI have never tried making Sandesh Raji. But after seeing yours, it is one among my to do lists 🙂
Raji
May 2, 2011 at 7:19 amSandesh has been long pending in my to make list..I love this delectable bengali dessert because of its mild sweetness and soft texture…adding of pistachio powder must have increased the flavour. Looks very desirable. And the pictures are stunning.
Priya
May 2, 2011 at 7:39 amSandesh looks super marvellous,addictive and adorable,love it..
Kurinji
May 2, 2011 at 10:01 amYummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….
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kaveri
May 2, 2011 at 10:24 amSandesh looks real soft and delectable…would love a have a bite now…beautiful clicks..
Prathima Rao
May 2, 2011 at 11:04 amSoft & delicious sandesh!!!! Perfectly done!!!
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SouthIndianHome
May 2, 2011 at 12:44 pmSandesh looks perfect and inviting
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Reshmi Mahesh
May 2, 2011 at 3:04 pmTempting and inviting recipe…awesome clicks…
Smitha
May 2, 2011 at 3:06 pmvery cute and simple sweet!…nice one!
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Akila
May 2, 2011 at 3:38 pmsimply yummilious….. nvr heard of this before… hope it is easy to try….
Archana
May 2, 2011 at 3:58 pmYou make it look so easy. i am trying this out when I invite my friend for dinner.
Awesome.
Nitha
May 2, 2011 at 4:23 pmI too love this sweet. But never tried at home.. Looks really great..
Nithya
May 2, 2011 at 5:20 pmLooks delicious. I have had them plain and used to like them so madly. Will give it a try at home 🙂
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
May 2, 2011 at 7:35 pmLove it dear, so pretty in green. Please feel free to send it to my "Flavors of Bengal" event.
swapna
May 2, 2011 at 8:07 pmDelicious and colorful sandesh….
Sanctified Spaces
May 3, 2011 at 8:16 amSo soft and delicate and lovely picture as usual.
Premalatha Aravindhan
May 3, 2011 at 12:54 pmdelicious sweet,luks very tempting…sure will try it…
San
May 3, 2011 at 2:57 pmSinfully delectable raji.
Sathya Sankar
May 3, 2011 at 7:26 pmSandesh looks super yum, love the clicks!
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indianspicemagic
May 4, 2011 at 4:25 amMy favourite bengali sweet.Lajawaab…..Very tempting.
RAKS KITCHEN
May 4, 2011 at 10:10 amSudha,you can use normal milk too, and I too used powdered pistas only,you can try that…
Aisha Jameel
May 5, 2011 at 2:50 amThat looks absolutely delicious 🙂
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Shobana senthilkumar
May 5, 2011 at 4:39 amLuks rich and yummy…luks so perfect.
Jagruti જાગૃતિ
May 5, 2011 at 5:39 pmSame here..never tried sandesh…but after looking at your pics tempted..looks yummy!
Aruna Manikandan
May 5, 2011 at 7:39 pmlooks easy and delicious dear…
Bookmarked it 🙂
lovely clicks.
Suhaina
May 6, 2011 at 6:48 amwow..that looks so yummy…wonderful clicks too.. the colour of the sandesh matches that with ur profile..nice
Babli
May 6, 2011 at 9:23 amSandesh looks soft, yummy and mouth watering. Feel like having it now.
ChitraKrishna
May 6, 2011 at 11:08 amLooks Awesome
Indrani
August 2, 2011 at 12:37 amPista sandesh looks awesome, raks…perfect and yummy
Apu
August 2, 2011 at 12:37 amLooks yummy!! Love that you added a little colour to the sweet!!
Cilantro
August 2, 2011 at 12:37 amLooks soooo tempting….I add cardamom powder too.
Lovely clicks.
RENU
September 24, 2011 at 12:03 amhi Raks
it looks good…can u post recipe of icecream?
Divya
October 18, 2011 at 2:21 pmhi raji… just now tried this sandesh paneer sweet… when i was about to make tea, the milk got curdled and immediately thought of making this sweet as i had already made a successful attempt of rasagulla (i had also left a "Excellent" comment long back 🙂 the milk sweet turned awesome… i dint have pista and so added powdered cashew and almonds and it tasted so good… i have kept it fridge and in the meantime wanted to let you know my successful attempt… thanks a ton & expecting a lot more easy & delicious sweets from you…
RAKS KITCHEN
October 20, 2011 at 10:36 amThank you so much Dhivya for your feed back 🙂
Preetha Joseph
January 15, 2012 at 10:38 amHi im a new cook n tired this recipe just now….it turned out so yummy. My 16 months little one likes it so much n cant wait to refrigerate…I love ur pictures so much n the steps r so easy to follow…My hubby is gonna love it for sure…
Pukka Paki
February 12, 2012 at 8:15 amlovely. one of my most favorite mithais!
Tasneem
April 25, 2012 at 12:49 amwhile heating my paneer mixture in non-stik pan it turned out to b oily.. I just want to know why it happened n i have used ready made paneer… my mixture remained soft after heating and it doesnt turned in a thick dough form… Can u tell me why it happened so..
RAKS KITCHEN
April 25, 2012 at 11:35 amSorry….Not sure why, may be next time try making the same way as in post, by curdling milk…
Shalini Mahesh
May 15, 2012 at 10:21 amYour recipes are really extra ordinary.. always i use to get success on making ur dishes with ur ideal tips and temptating pics.. Really Hatsoff to you.
Vindhya Benne
October 17, 2012 at 8:40 amIt looks so nice & I will try it today..For how many days can we store this Raksha?
RAKS KITCHEN
October 17, 2012 at 8:41 amKeeps good for 3-4 days may be in fridge
Xander Lawson
November 23, 2012 at 10:33 amI am loving those sweets. They look simple, but at the same time seem worthy enough for any corporate catering service. I wonder how things would look like if I went nuts with the green food coloring though.
Suganya Ponnusamy
April 12, 2013 at 1:44 amRaji,
Here I have tried out your recipe and posted how it came out in my hands. Here is my blog, I'm a Kathu Kutti in blogging not very good at it. but writing it just like a diary for my reference and for my sister 🙂
http://suganyaponnusamy.blogspot.sg/2013/04/sandesh-pista-paalkova.html
kaberi chatterjee
January 10, 2014 at 11:29 amIf you use corn flour then that will take away the actual delicious taste of Sandesh. The original recipe dint need any corn flour but some people to reduce down the step no.4 nothing else. You can add mawa / dry milk powder instead.
M Sandhiya
March 12, 2014 at 11:03 amSimply Yummy!!!!
sathu
October 5, 2014 at 12:27 amcan we do this with store bought paneer just thaw and scramble or shred it with carrot shredder and use it
Sathya Rajagopal
Columbus ohio
Raks anand
October 5, 2014 at 12:29 amNot sure if it will bind so easily.
Nila Abdul
June 29, 2015 at 1:44 pmLooks very yummy..,,nice and attractive clicks..,,,
Unknown
September 16, 2015 at 11:20 amHi tried dis receipe but it became so dry even not able to bind wats the reason as per ur receipe cuked 8 min