Hello friends, a warm good morning to all of you I am your Chef Ronit back once again with a bang! Winters are on and without the seasonal veggies, the season does not get fulfilled. So, here is an interesting yet tasty recipe for you all. Nothing completes love and romance to a foodaholic Bengali other than Sandesh and Tagore. And I know a perfect combination of both.
Fulkopir Sandesh a recipe that originated from Tagore’s kitchen. So let’s start the recipe.
Fulkopir Sandesh :
Ingredients –
Cauliflower (grated finely) – 8 to 10 florets
Elachi powder – to taste
Saffron strands – few
Warm milk – 1/2 cup
Khoya – 1/2 cup
Desi ghee – 4 tbsp
Rose water – few drops
Cashew, raisins, almonds pistachio (chopped) – for garnish
Method –
Discard the stem of cauliflower and finely grate them and boil the cauliflower with a pinch of turmeric powder for 8 to 10 minutes. Keep it aside and take out the excess water.
Then soak the saffron in warm milk with keep aside.
Heat a pan. Add ghee once it is hot and add the grated cauliflower and saute it nicely till the rawness of cauliflower reduces.
Then add the saffron milk mix it nicely till it forms a Sandesh texture. Keep the heat on a medium flame.
At the end add condense milk as an option to mix it. As you do so turn the flame of the gas stove to a minimum and add the sugar to it. Mix it well and add the khoya. Turn the gas off.
Mix it gently so that everything gets mix-up well. Then in that mixture add chopped cashew raisins almond pistachio add few drops of rose water and mix.
Then grease a tray with ghee, and take out the mixture spread it out and refrigerate for 1 hour. Take it out and cut into squares or diamond and serve chilled.
