Pranhara or Kancha Golla is a variety of sandesh, a Bengali sweet dish which is widely popular for its simplicity and melt-in-mouth taste. Like most Bengali sweets, it is also made with fresh cottage cheese of cow's milk or chenna, a bit of condensed milk and a couple of drops of rose extract.
Boil the milk and add lemon juice or vinegar till it separates. Go one tsp. at a time and stop when you can see the chenna/paneer/cottage cheese curdle leaving greening whey beneath.
Line a sieve with cheesecloth and drop the content of the pan in it. Collect the ends of the cloth and tie it. Allow this to sit so that extra water drips below.
After 30 minutes or so, take the cottage cheese or chenna in a mixing bowl and knead it with the heel of your palm to make it smooth. Divide it into two equal parts.
Take a non-stick pan and put it on low heat. Add half of the kneaded chenna or cheese with 2tbsp of condensed milk in it. Stir it nicely. It will loosen up first but then it will dry up. Turn off the heat.
Take the cooked chenna out into the same mixing bowl and mix with the rest of the cheese. Add the rose extract and knead till it becomes smooth.
Divide it into smaller portions. You should get 7 golf ball sized portions.
Roll them between your palms to make them into smooth sandesh
Take some milk powder in a plate and roll the sandesh in. Serve.
Pranhara Sandesh Recipe https://speakingaloud.in/pranhara-sandesh-recipe/ August 20, 2020