How to make Chena Murki at home?

31 Oct How to make Chena Murki at home?

Last Updated on October 21, 2026 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Chenna Murki Recipe | Chena Murki Sweet Recipe | Juicy chena Murki recipe with step wise pictorial method.

These no Ghee, no Butter, no Oil white beauties from the land of Bengal is an instant sweet made with just 2 basic ingredients and ready in almost 15 – 20 minutes is ideal for any special occasion.

Although Chenna Murki belongs to Bengal but we think it is readily available across India in all the sweet shops.

In North India, from where we belong to, its a part of every festival, either it be Raksha Bandhan, Diwali or Bhai Dooj. In most of the weddings and other functions, you will find it being served as a sweet snack.

So let’s enjoy the making of Chenna Murki..

Also have a look at other sweets recipes in this blog.

Stepwise pictorial recipe of Chenna Murki Recipe | Chena Murki Sweet Recipe | Juicy chena Murki recipe

Cut paneer into small cubes of about 1/2 inch size. Keep aside.

In a wide pan, add sugar with water and let it cook, stirring continuously, till the sugar dissolves.

keep cooking the syrup till it attains a one-string consistency.

Add kewra essence and the cubes of paneer/cottage cheese and keep cooking.

When the sugar syrup thickens and starts sticking at the sides of the pan, remove the pan from heat.

Keep twiddling the cubes till the cubes are thickly coated with the syrup and separated from each other. The sugar syrup will turn into powdered sugar.

Remove the cubes from the pan, place them in serving plate and sprinkle some powdered sugar over them.

Your Chenna Murki is ready.

NOTES

To check whether the syrup has attained 1 string consistency, take 2 drops of syrup between your index finger and thumb and open them opposite to each other. If a string is made up, your 1 string  consistency sugar syrup is ready.

Chenna Murki Recipe | Chena Murki Sweet Recipe | Juicy chena Murki recipe – Recipe Card

Chenna Murki Recipe | Chena Murki Sweet Recipe | Juicy chena Murki recipe

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Chenna Murki recipe is a bengali sweet made with sugar and paneer.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Sweets

Cuisine Bengali, Indian

Servings 580 grams

Ingredients

  

• 500 grams Paneer / Cottage cheese
• 2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp Kewra essence
• 2 cup Water
• powdered sugar as per need.

Instructions

 

• Cut paneer into small cubes of about 1/2 inch size. Keep aside.
• In a wide pan, add sugar with water and let it cook, stirring continuously, till the sugar dissolves.
• Add the milk and scum will be seen floating over the surface of water. discard this scum after collecting with the help of a spoon.
• keep cooking the syrup till it attains a one-string consistency.
• Add kewra essence and the cubes of paneer/cottage cheese and cook till the syrup coats the cubes well.
• When the sugar syrup thickens, remove the pan from heat. Keep twiddling the cubes  till the cubes are thickly coated with the syrup and separated from each other.
• The sugar syrup will turn into powdered sugar.
• Remove the cubes from the pan, place them in serving plate and sprinkle some icing sugar/powdered sugar over them.
• Your Chenna Murki is ready.

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Keyword chena murki, murki chenna