chomchom...one of the most favourate sweet

Chomchom is one of the special dessert in Bangladesh. Any festival, occasion or special day we make sweet at home, and chomchom is one of the favourite. People like it for its soft, juicy and mind-blowing taste. in Bangladesh we have a tradition that after release the result of S.S.C and H.S.C, successful students parents distribute sweets to all of their neighbours, relatives and friend. The most amazing thing is, all sweet shops prepare extra sweets but still you will not get it if you are late. its a wonderful situation in Bangladesh. I miss that time. and to distribute sweets chomchom is one of the favourite list. Let’s see how to make chomchom.

                            

Ingredients:
For chaana:

1. Milk-2 liter(whole milk is better)
2. Vinegar/Lemon juice-1/4 cup
3. Water-1/4 cup

For chomchom ball:

1. Semolina(shuji)-1 ts
2. Flour-1 ts
3. Sugar-1.5 ts

For syrup:

1. Sugar- 2 cup
2. Water- 4 cup

Procedure:

1. Make chaana by following this link.Making Curd/Chaana(ছানা)
2. After hanging chaana for about 1 and half hour take out it in a mixing bowl and knead it well(knead around 15 minutes) until chaana become soft(instead of kneading you can put chaana in the chopper or food processor for around 40 seconds).
3. Now add semolina, flour, sugar and knead it again with hand around 10 minutes or until it become soft.If chaana seems too soft add little more semolina and flour. (At this time do not use chopper otherwise water will come out from sugar)
4. Then separate the chaana to your desire(this size should be half of your final chomchom, because it will be almost double in size in the syrup ) size ball. Take one ball, press it and then round it to the chomchom shape. Make rest of the ball.

       

1. Pour water and sugar in a large pan and heat it to the medium flame. When syrup start to boil, put all the chomchom and cover the pan.
2. Boil chomchom around 5 hours or until golden brown color shown up. Check chomchom occasionally, if water evaporated add hot water.(tip: make caramel from around 1 cup sugar, boil it with 1/2 cup water and then pour it into the syrup. This will give color to chomchom in around 2-3 hours. But first process is the best.)

                                   

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