This Kalakand recipe is an easy sweet made with paneer. Just few ingredients and your sweet is ready within minutes with very less effort. I have not tried this before in my life, also have not tasted this sweet. Tried this last month for posting this Diwali. This one sounded easy and simple to try. No ghee, just paneer is the fat in this sweet. I am yet to plan Diwali sweets and Diwali snacks for this Diwali 2014, but it will be the usual sweets that Vj and Aj likes. Mostly Badusha, Gulab jamun, maida burfi, thenkuzhal murukku. Stay tuned for an authentic recipe coming up next and also few easy recipes to follow it.  

Easy Kalakand recipe| Diwali sweets

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Sweets
Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 5 mins    |  Makes: 9

Ingredients

Paneer, grated	2 cups (250 gm)
Condensed milk (Milkmaid)	1/2 tin (200 ml)
Sugar (optional)	2 tblsp
Milk powder (Dairy whitener)	1 tblsp
Cardamom powder	2 pinches
Pistachios	5 for decoration

 

Method

1. Thaw paneer completely either by keep it outside for few hours or keeping immersed in hot water for 10 mins. Drain and squeeze water. Place it in a blender and use the pulse button and crumble it.
2. In a mixing bowl, place the condensed milk, paneer, sugar, milk powder, cardamom powder.
3. Mix well and pour it to a non-stick pan. Also keep a plate, greased with ghee. I used a square tiffin box, lined with baking sheet. 
4. Keep mixing in medium flame for 4 minutes or until it starts leaving the sides of the pan.
5. Pour it to the greased plate and let it set until it cools down. You can cut it when it is warm, into squares. You can decorate by pressing roasted pistachios in each square.

Notes

• I saw the recipe in milkmaid youtube video and they had not used sugar. but the sweetness was less for me, so I added sugar.
• The sweet tastes best next day after being refrigerated.
• You can mix a pinch of saffron dissolved in 2 tblsp of warm milk and mix with the kalakand in step 2.
• Rose essence also can be added 2 drops in place of cardamom.
• Fresh chenna can be used in place of paneer. Cooking time may vary.
• Its best way to use a curdled milk.
• Milk powder/ dairy creamer can be omitted, but recommended as it helps to bind and give some richness to the sweet.

Soft, rich and easy to make paneer sweet – Kalakand! Delicious! Perfect for last minute Diwali preparation.

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