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Nolen Gur Sondesh | Instant Bengali Sondesh

Course

dessert

Cuisine

bengali

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Servings

pieces

Ingredients

Course

dessert

Cuisine

bengali

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Servings

pieces

Ingredients

Instructions

Crumble mawa and gur in separate bowls and keep aside.
Heat a non stick pan, add crumbled mawa and stir for 1-2 mins on medium flame til it gets stick.
Now add crumbled gur and cardamom powder and keep stirring vigorously still the mix shapes into a lump.
Transfer the mix on a plate and let it rest till warm.
Knead the warm dough till its smooth and lump free,
Take wooden sondesh molds and greass the inner part with ghee.
Pinch a lemon sized ball from the dough and shape into a peda.
Add few pistachio flakes in the center and then place the mawa peda on the greased mold and gently press till it flattens and covers the circumference.
Carefully remove the sondesh from the mold and keep aside on a plate. Similarly make more sondesh from the remaining dough mix.
Allow the sondesh to rest for 15-20 minutes til it holds the shape well from outside.
Your melt in mouth Nolen Gur Sondesh is ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

You can use various ingredients as garnish like Pistachios, Almond flakes, Raisin or Saffron.
Always knead the dough when it;s warm. If you allow it to cool down completely the mawa will get stiff and wont shape into sondesh.

If you like this easy Sondesh recipe from Bengal then do share your feedback with me in comments below.

Love : Shaheen