Chena Murki Recipe

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Chena Murki is a sugar-coated Bengali sweet in the shape of cubes made piquant by the drizzle of rose essence. A loved and popular sweet, this is a must try.

Chena Murki Recipe
Rating	6.1 / 10 (24 votes)
Recipe Type	Veg.

Ingredients:

750 gm Paneer (Cottage Cheese)
500 gm Ghee
3/4 cup Sugar
1 litre Water
1/4 tsp Black Cardamom Powder (optional)
10-20 drops Rose Essence (optional)

How to make Chena Murki:

Firstly, cut paneer into very small pieces.
Then heat ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel and fry the paneer till light golden in color. Take the pieces out of the vessel and put off the flame.
Now make thin sugar syrup by mixing sugar and water in another vessel. Cook until the mixture thickens.
Add cardamom powder, or rose essence, to the sugar syrup and put off the flame.
Immerse paneer pieces in the syrup. Mix well so that all the paneer pieces get properly coated with sugar. Allow it to cool.
Chena Murki is ready.