Sugar Free Pineapple Sandesh / Diabetic Friendly Sweet / Naturally Sweetened

Sugar free pineapple sandesh.
A delicious sweet for diabetic and diet conscious people. Actually its superbly delicious so everyone can enjoy these guilt free sweets.

A sandesh without any artificial sweetener. But its perfectly sweet. Sweetness of pineapple and raisins made these sandesh sweet and yummy.
So a healthy treat for not only diabetic people but for everyone. Diet conscious people its for you too. Enjoy the natural sweetness without any guilt.

Already shared one more sugar free sweet recipe here. To get the recipe click on the name.

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This sandesh recipe is very easy and simple. You don’t need much ingredients to make it. I have used homemade paneer/cottage cheese and khoya or milk solid in it. Both are made with skimmed milk.
Get the method of making khoya/mawa or dried milk or milk solid here.

You can get the method of making paneer or cottage cheese here.

Sandesh will get it’s perfect sweetness from raisins and pineapple. I have used little yellow food colour to make these attractive. You can skip colour if you want. And if you don’t have pineapple essence use cardamom powder or vanilla or any flavour of your choice.

Recipe

Paneer or cottage cheese – 1 cup, tightly packed

Khoya/mawa or dried milk – 1/4 cup

Chopped pineapple – 1/2 cup

Raisins – 1/4 cup

Pineapple essence – 2 – 3 drop

Yellow food colour – a pinch, optional

Method

1. Soak the raisins in hot water for 15 minutes.

2. In your mixer grinder blend or grind soaked raisins and chopped pineapple.

3. Add crumbled paneer or cottage cheese and khoya or milk solid. Blend again to make a smooth mixture.

4. Pour the mixture into a nonstick or heavy bottom pan.
Cook on low flame stirring continually.

5. Cook till the mixture becomes a dough like consistency.
Remove from heat. Add pineapple essence and mix well. Let it cool down.

6. Add yellow food colour if you want to use. Mash it with you palm to make smooth.

7. Now grease your favourite mould with little oil or ghee.
Shape your sandesh as you like.

8. If you don’t have mould simply make them small round ball. And serve as laddu.

You can garnish your laddu with chopped pistachio.

Enjoy the delicious pineapple flavoured sugar free sandesh without any guilt.

Notes

1. You can use store bought crumbled cottage cheese and milk solid in it. But fresh cottage cheese is better.

2. If you don’t have pineapple essence then you can use any flavour of your choice.

3. You can also make it without khoya or milk solid. Just use 1/4 cup paneer or cottage cheese more.

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Bhapa/Steamed Sandesh

 

 

 

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Its my son’s birthday today. He is in his college hostel so waiting for his holiday to celebrate the day. May God bless him with all the happiness and success.

On this special day presenting a delicious sweet dish. No, not  cake. Its a all time favourite traditional sweet dish of Bengal.

Mouthwatering but very easy to make. Bhapa sandesh or steamed sandesh. Its orange flavoured bhapa sandesh.

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Recipe

Paneer/cottage cheese or chhena of 2 liters milk

Sugar – 6 tablespoon

Orange juice – 5 teaspoon

Orange zest – 1/4 teaspoon

Orange segment and 1 teaspoon sugar for sprinkle

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Method

In a bowl mix paneer and sugar nicely till soft and smooth. If you like you can add little more sugar. Taste after mixing before adding more.

You can grind or blend it too. Add orange juice and orange zest mix properly. Knead it nicely until soft and smooth.

Take a steel container and grease it with ghee/clarified butter. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon sugar and pieces of orange segment.

Add the paneer mixture and cover with lid. If you don’t have with lid container take a steel bowl and cover tightly with aluminum foil.

In a pressure cooker add 1 cup water and place the container in it. Cover the cooker lid but don’t put the weight over the vent pipe. Cook it for 20 minutes on medium flame.

Take the container out, turn it on a plate. Leave it to cool at room temperature and then refrigerate it for an hour.

Slice and enjoy the heavenly taste.

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