tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post7428635169324140798..comments2024-03-28T06:32:06.432-04:00Comments on Bong Mom's CookBook: Sondesh -- the fabled Bengali SandeshBong Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-65717961147958200382016-11-04T14:09:48.438-04:002016-11-04T14:09:48.438-04:00Hi.. Thanks a lot for such a detailed recipe. I am...Hi.. Thanks a lot for such a detailed recipe. I am trying to find some courage to make sondesh over this weekend. However, I have a question regrading the process described in "Next put it on a flat plate and weigh it with a slightly heavier object and let it remain like that for the next hour.". It will be very helpful if this particular bit of the process is described with a bit more detail. Do you put a heavy mortar on the drained channa wrapped inside the cheesecloth to drain out all water in it ? Otherwise, it's a very detailed description with wonderful anecdotes. Thanks a lot for posting this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05508317582167024694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8469432118035846542016-11-04T14:09:39.062-04:002016-11-04T14:09:39.062-04:00Hi.. Thanks a lot for such a detailed recipe. I am...Hi.. Thanks a lot for such a detailed recipe. I am trying to find some courage to make sondesh over this weekend. However, I have a question regrading the process described in "Next put it on a flat plate and weigh it with a slightly heavier object and let it remain like that for the next hour.". It will be very helpful if this particular bit of the process is described with a bit more detail. Do you put a heavy mortar on the drained channa wrapped inside the cheesecloth to drain out all water in it ? Otherwise, it's a very detailed description with wonderful anecdotes. Thanks a lot for posting this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05508317582167024694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-65331885116877994972016-10-05T02:10:45.139-04:002016-10-05T02:10:45.139-04:00Khirer mishiti is more non-bong! Bongmom, maybe si...Khirer mishiti is more non-bong! Bongmom, maybe since you were a Probashi Bangali and was not exposed to so much Bengali sweets, you did not like Channar Sandesh that much. I love all sweets, except non-milk based ones. I absolutely hate besan ladoos, atta ladoos, besan barfis etc. Don't care much for jilipis too! However, I doubt if I will ever try to make Shondesh!Runahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02805224582262338525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-33812726544861098992016-10-04T00:22:29.669-04:002016-10-04T00:22:29.669-04:00OMG! That's exactly how I feel about Shandesh ...OMG! That's exactly how I feel about Shandesh too. You spoke my mind. In fact, I too would consider all those other mishtis you mentioned in the exact same order before considering sondesh myself. And I do not understand the whole fascination with jol-bhora either. But I respect those who do, and forgive myself for my obvious ignorance. Dhrubaahttp://notacurry.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-397470392984010452015-09-29T14:18:01.050-04:002015-09-29T14:18:01.050-04:00can you post jolbhora sondesh recipe? want to try ...can you post jolbhora sondesh recipe? want to try at home.. plzzz...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-70985451389066301332014-10-22T06:39:36.494-04:002014-10-22T06:39:36.494-04:00As a bideshiri bou back in the '70s, I learned...As a bideshiri bou back in the '70s, I learned to cook from my shashori and all her friends. For sandesh, though, we spent hours at Bhim Nag. Your method is close to theirs. For my family, alas, not even the best technique at home can match norom paak sandesh from professional mishti cooks in Kolkata. Not Delhi. Not Bombay. Definitely not Cupertino. Only in Kolkata and Dhaka. <br /><br />Incidentally, when I learned how marzipan is made, kneading sugar into ground almonds, delicately cooking then forming into shapes, I tlhd Ma about it. "Oh, yes," she said. "That's Kashmiri sandesh."JMBooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-90132875384510889182014-03-06T04:13:21.213-05:002014-03-06T04:13:21.213-05:00hii... from where I can buy these sandesh moulds i...hii... from where I can buy these sandesh moulds in kolkata.. any shop/ market :)SohNihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747890327113027091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-36470837407008434172014-02-05T01:24:38.661-05:002014-02-05T01:24:38.661-05:00thanks for the recipe tried this yesterday for the...thanks for the recipe tried this yesterday for the bhognotyet100https://www.blogger.com/profile/12079779480407514805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-9287806026175430952013-11-21T06:39:00.966-05:002013-11-21T06:39:00.966-05:00ami tomar ei post ta ekjon obangali bondhu ke path...ami tomar ei post ta ekjon obangali bondhu ke pathiye shondesh niye prochur gyan dilam! thank you for details! :-)<br />my poison of choice is the kawra paaker jolbhora from bhim nag!Kekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558513547800228248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-73173865637129928112012-11-21T06:09:34.022-05:002012-11-21T06:09:34.022-05:00Ummm delicious,..feel like picking one,,,Ummm delicious,..feel like picking one,,,notyet100https://www.blogger.com/profile/12079779480407514805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-47174795631039617472012-11-06T11:00:08.879-05:002012-11-06T11:00:08.879-05:00Brilliant post on Shondesh... and I'm on your ...Brilliant post on Shondesh... and I'm on your side completely - I pretty much choke on Shondesh. I want my Bengali sweets to be absolutely 'rosher'!<br />You've written about all of them at one go... sharing:)<br /><br />BTW, where did you get your beautiful shondesh moulds from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-73264989196818555002012-11-04T21:20:53.111-05:002012-11-04T21:20:53.111-05:00Thanks for this, tried making it and loved it but ...Thanks for this, tried making it and loved it but they didn't look as good as yours. I hope you and your family are all safe post Sandy.M1M1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01036573325350038571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-87120905461106836342012-11-04T21:19:49.428-05:002012-11-04T21:19:49.428-05:00Thanks for this Sandeepa. I tried and loved them. ...Thanks for this Sandeepa. I tried and loved them. Yours look much better though. Hope you and your family are safe post Sandy.M1M1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01036573325350038571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-74937906205277335072012-11-02T12:06:52.727-04:002012-11-02T12:06:52.727-04:00I hope you guys are safe and have power at least.I hope you guys are safe and have power at least.Chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912395013740648068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-41943410131486693722012-11-01T04:44:43.182-04:002012-11-01T04:44:43.182-04:00Heard of Green rice… click to know more – http://o...Heard of Green rice… click to know more – http://on.fb.me/PWimxRbest foodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439369793154227629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-50141066689879792352012-10-31T04:14:31.311-04:002012-10-31T04:14:31.311-04:00Sandeepa I wonder so many times - how ur choices r...Sandeepa I wonder so many times - how ur choices r so alike mine! I also prefer 'Kalakand, KheerKodombo, Crisp raas soaked Jilipi, ChamCham, Kheerer Shingara, Motichur Laddus, Chanar Jilipi, Ledikeni, Kheerer Naaru, LobongoLotika' much above sondesh! :) bhapa sandesh is the only sondesh i like, less sweet and cold. I really wonder u put so much of effort by making sondesh at home and wrote detailed recipe for the blog readers! once i saw the sondesh chnaachs avlble at gariahat mkt. but didnt dare to buy, as i wud probably never take the pain of sondesh making! gr8 of u dear!Aditinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-25904030397884063302012-10-31T01:23:45.463-04:002012-10-31T01:23:45.463-04:00Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first –http://on.fb...Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first –http://on.fb.me/PWimxRbest foodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439369793154227629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-26007020122511277742012-10-31T01:11:18.266-04:002012-10-31T01:11:18.266-04:00craving for something sweet but don't know wha...craving for something sweet but don't know what to cook… click to know more – http://on.fb.me/PWimxRbest foodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439369793154227629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-61124142805784064622012-10-30T13:26:32.292-04:002012-10-30T13:26:32.292-04:00thanks 4 posting this recipie.i had been waiting f...thanks 4 posting this recipie.i had been waiting for this one on your blog<br />Sonalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216069440625142029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8662253275287660752012-10-29T22:59:27.071-04:002012-10-29T22:59:27.071-04:00Sandeepa, hope you guys are safe. I will have Shon...Sandeepa, hope you guys are safe. I will have Shondesh first and then all the other sweets you have mentioned :) norom paaker shondesh with khejur gur.. gorom gorom fresh makha on a winter night. nothing can get better than that. I never ever used eat talshaash and shaakh shondesh. ekhono khai na. aha gurer shondesh. so lovely.Somahttp://www.ecurry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-13756935607868532052012-10-29T21:26:51.922-04:002012-10-29T21:26:51.922-04:00Can't say I have ever had Sondesh but it sound...Can't say I have ever had Sondesh but it sounds like you make a not-so-hard paneer, knead it with sugar and/or jaggery, heat the whole thing and then mold it into pretty designs, What's there not to like? :-)<br /><br />BTW, the next part of pumpkin story is up. Desisoccermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636571476699845725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-91805347004578017352012-10-29T18:42:23.655-04:002012-10-29T18:42:23.655-04:00Hope you are safe with the storm and all!Hope you are safe with the storm and all!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338468510575659800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-78499063200346535382012-10-29T16:28:34.182-04:002012-10-29T16:28:34.182-04:00I have something even more blasphemous to disclose...I have something even more blasphemous to disclose....I don't like sweets!!! Go figure!! I just tell everyone who expresses their shock that I am a mutant Bengali! I do have a question for the sandesh, despite that! I was wondering if this could be made using riccotta cheese instead of the curdled milk?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718975387489795957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-55127257416442466592012-10-29T08:13:49.146-04:002012-10-29T08:13:49.146-04:00I love shondesh. I must admit that after having ma...I love shondesh. I must admit that after having made chhana myself, I have found that drying off ricotta cheese in a saucepan (on a low heat) along with sugar/gur, works really well too!<br />skm - honey flavoured greek yoghurt tastes really similar to mishti doi, if you just need a quick fix!lifecyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388748461192935612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-32461465189806983342012-10-29T06:53:29.904-04:002012-10-29T06:53:29.904-04:00People used to raise their eyebrows when offred ro...People used to raise their eyebrows when offred rosogolla to me and I refused !!! In any case I was living with a tagline 'probasi Bangali' so this was another setback. But later I developed a taste for lot of bengali sweets. Very well explained recipe...Now am craving for this...Infact wanted to make some nadu for Lokkhi pujo today but travelling tomorrow so opting for shortcuts...Khoob shundor lagche ..pujo pujo bhab..Thank you for providing my link.Hamaree Rasoihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00590816500304058442noreply@blogger.com