Chanar bara

 

bengali-chanar-bara

 

Ingredients:

  1. 1 tsp green cardamom power
  2. 500 gms refined flour (maida)
  3. 250 gms cottage cheese (paneer/chana)
  4. ghee for frying
  5. 2 cup sugar.

Method:

  • Mash paneer well.
  • Mix one tblsp of ghee with the flour.
  • Mix milk a little at a time.
  • There should be no lumps.
  • The batter should be rather thin.
  • Now, mix in the mashed paneer.
  • This will thicken the batter.
  • Lastly, mix in the powdered cardamom.
  • The batter, finally, must be of medium thick consistency so that it can easily be dropped from a spoon.
  • Make syrup of one string consistency with the sugar and 11/2 cup of water.
  • Heat up ghee in a kadhai.
  • Drop spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden.
  • Soak in the syrup for at least two hours.