Chum Chum Recipe | Cham Cham Bengali Dessert
Easy Chum Chum Recipe | Cham Cham Sweet Recipe | Chomchom Recipe
Servings 15 Servings
Ingredients
- 2½ litre milk
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 1½ cup sugar
- 6 cup water
!for stuffing:
- 1 cup milk
- pinch kesar food colour
- 1 cup milk powder
- 2 tbsp sugar
- cherry for garnishing
Instructions
- Firstly, bring 2½ litres of milk to a boil, stirring occasionallyo prevent it from burning.
- Add 2 tbsp vinegar and give it a stir. You will notice the milk starts to curdle.
- Add 1 more tbsp of vinegar and stir until the milk curdles fully, separating the water.
- Drain off the water over the cheesecloth. You can use any clean cloth here. Rinse with cold water to remove sourness and stop cooking.
- Squeeze the paneer gently and let it rest for 10 minutes to allow excess water to drain off.
- Now take the moist paneer and crumble gently.
- Using the palm, start to knead gently.
- Knead until the paneer mixture turns smooth without any grains. Do not over-knead here, as the chum chum will turn hard.
- Pinch a small ball-sized chenna and prepare smooth, crack-free cylindrical balls, flatten slightly.
- Keep the flattened paneer ball aside and cover it with a moist cloth.
- Meanwhile, in a large vessel, take 1½ cup sugar, 6 cup water. Stir and dissolve sugar.
- Now boil the water for 5 minutes or until the syrup turns slightly sticky.
- Drop in a prepared paneer ball, keeping the flame on high.
- Cover and boil for 5 minutes, or until the ball's size has doubled.
- Flip over and continue to boil for 15 minutes, or until the chenna is cooked through. Keep aside.
- To prepare the stuffing, combine 1 cup of milk, a pinch of kesar food colour, and 1 cup of milk powder in a pan.
- Keep stirring and cook till the mixture thickens.
- Now add 2 tbsp sugar and mix well.
- Cook until the khova is well-cooked and no longer sticky. The stuffing will thicken once cooled.
- Now take the chenna and slit it in the centre.
- Stuff the mixture in the centre, making sure the stuffing is uniformly distributed.
- Decorate with a cherry and keep it in the refrigerator.
- Finally, enjoy the Chum Chum Recipe chilled for a week when stored in the refrigerator.