Cham Cham
A cute cheese fairy with snow makeup! Pink or yellow oval sweets with inhaled syrup
Description
A colorful Bengali traditional sweet rolling homemade cheese (Chhena) into ovals, simmering in sugar water like a sponge, then heavily coated with coconut fine.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Milk
- Sugar
- Coconut fine
- Lemon juice
- Cardamom
- Rose water
- Food coloring
- Water
Instructions
- Add lemon juice to warm milk to make homemade cheese (Chhena), drain, knead until extremely smooth.
- Roll dough into small ovals (cylinders) (*often colored pink or yellow with food coloring here).
- Simmer in sugar water syrup for ~
- mins to double in size. Remove from syrup, cool, coat surface with coconut fine to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Cardamom
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
None
Pairing
Darjeeling tea、After-meal dessert
Trivia
[Trend] Like a relative to Bengal's 'Rasgulla', but characterized by its oval shape and coconut coating. Often colored in pastel pinks, yellows, and whites, the most eye-catching cute existence in Indian sweet shops.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Slit the center with a knife, sandwich rich milk cream (Mawa) and chopped pistachios generously, and eat like a hot dog!
Allergen
Dairy