Sandesh | Shondesh Recipe

The second day's feature is Sandesh. A very simple sweet made with paneer. Most of the bengali dishes, especially the kinds I like are all made with Paneer. The "Chenna" as it is called, forms the base for most of the dishes. Once you master the art of making it and cooking it to the right consistency, you have the wonderful sweetmeats from the North East According to the "Calcutta Cookbook", the most famous storyline revolving around the evolution of Sandesh is that, a milkman who is also a very creative culinarian, found a way to make use of his curdled milk. He made them into these delicious sweets and started selling them.   It also points out that Sandesh has been mentioned in the Bengali Medieval Literature as well as in…