How to make chena murki at home?

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

Cut paneer into small cubes of about 1/2 inch size, as shown in the picture. Keep aside.2. In a wide pan, add sugar with water and let it cook, stirring continuously, till the sugar dissolves.

3. 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.

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

5. Add kewra essence and the cubes of paneer/cottage cheese and cook till the syrup coats the cubes well.6. 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.7. 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.

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.
If string is not making out at all or not properly, boil the mixture for a couple of minutes more.

chenna murki – recipe card

Homemade chenna murki recipe

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

1 cup = 200ml

250 grams Paneer / Cottage cheese
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp Milk
2-3 drops Kewra essence (or cardamom powder or essence)
1 cup Water
Icing sugar/ powdered sugar as per need.

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.

Sweets

Bengali, Indian

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Regards

PAYAL BALI SHARMA

with SHAILENDER SHARMA

Sangeeta Sethi October 19, 2019 at 1:23 pm

Fabulous Festive delicious sweet delight

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1. blessmyfoodbypayal May 8, 2020 at 5:09 am
  
  Thank you
  
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youthfoodblog November 1, 2016 at 5:10 am

Very unique and delightful!

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1. Payal Bali Sharma November 1, 2016 at 7:26 am
  
  Thanks a ton.
  
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thegreyeye October 31, 2016 at 6:27 pm

One of my favourite

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1. Payal Bali Sharma October 31, 2016 at 6:40 pm
  
  Mine too 🙂
  
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savita October 31, 2016 at 4:59 pm

wonderful sweet

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1. Payal Bali Sharma October 31, 2016 at 5:30 pm
  
  Thanks a ton
  
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Anuradha Mukherjee October 31, 2016 at 3:09 pm

Lovely recipe.

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1. Payal Bali Sharma October 31, 2016 at 3:13 pm
  
  Thanks a bunch..
  
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