Chena Murki Recipe | How to make Chena Murki with detailed photos. Chena murki is a popular milk-based Bengali sweet made with Paneer (Indian cottage cheese), sugar, and cardamom.
Chena murki is prepared by cooking the paneer cubes in sugar syrup until they turn dry. It is a very simple recipe that can be made with very few ingredients.
Generally, rose water or kewra water is used to add flavor to chena murki but here in this recipe, I am using only cardamom powder so that anybody can prepare it easily at home. Also, I’m using Homemade Paneer to make this recipe more flavorful.
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Ingredients
200 gm paneer (Indian cottage cheese)
¾ cup sugar
½ cup water
¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
How to make Chena Murki
1. Take 200 grams of paneer.
2. Cut the paneer into small pieces and keep it aside.
3. In a kadhai or pan, add ¾ cup sugar.
4. Also, add ½ cup water to it.
5. Stir and dissolve the sugar on a medium flame.
6. When the sugar syrup starts boiling, lower the flame.
7. Now take a few drops of sugar syrup on a plate and check for one string consistency with your fingers. If it does not get one string consistency, boil the sugar syrup for a few more minutes.
8. Now add paneer pieces to the sugar syrup.
9. Also, add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder and mix well.
10. Boil the paneer pieces in sugar syrup.
11. Stir continuously. After some time sugar syrup starts reducing.
12. When bubbles are formed and sugar syrup looks thick, turn off the flame.
13. Remove the kadhai from the stovetop and continuously stir the paneer until it cools down. It helps to coat the sugar syrup evenly on paneer pieces.
14. After cooling down, sugar will solidify and will make chena murki dry.
15. Remove the chena murki from kadhai. You can also sieve the chena murki to remove the excess sugar from it.
16. Chena murki is ready to serve.
Suggestions
1. Always use small pieces of paneer to make chena murki.
Recipe Card for Chena Murki
Chena Murki Recipe
Chena murki is a popular milk-based Bengali sweet made with Paneer, sugar, and cardamom.
Ingredients
- 200 grams of paneer (Indian cottage cheese)
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
Instructions
How to make Chena Murki
1. Take 200 grams of paneer.
2. Cut the paneer into small pieces and keep it aside.
3. In a kadhai or pan, add ¾ cup sugar.
4. Also, add ½ cup water to it.
5. Stir and dissolve the sugar on a medium flame.
6. When the sugar syrup starts boiling, lower the flame.
7. Now take a few drops of sugar syrup on a plate and check for one string consistency with your fingers. If it does not get one string consistency, boil the sugar syrup for a few more minutes.
8. Now add paneer pieces to the sugar syrup.
9. Also, add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder and mix well.
10. Boil the paneer pieces in sugar syrup.
11. Stir continuously. After some time sugar syrup starts reducing.
12. When bubbles are formed and sugar syrup looks thick, turn off the flame.
13. Remove the kadhai from the stovetop and continuously stir the paneer until it cools down. It helps to coat the sugar syrup evenly on paneer pieces.
14. After cooling down, sugar will solidify and will make chena murki dry.
15. Remove the chena murki from kadhai. You can also sieve the chena murki to remove the excess sugar from it.
16. Chena murki is ready to serve.
Nutrition Information
Yield
1Serving Size
200 gramsAmount Per ServingCalories 1180Total Fat 48gSaturated Fat 26gTrans Fat 2gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 138mgSodium 1508mgCarbohydrates 156gFiber 0gSugar 154gProtein 36g
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.