Chom Chom/ a sweet delicacy made from fresh cottage cheese|| A classic Bengali sweet

Chom Chom/Chum Chum is a classic sweet dessert of Bengal. This recipe is similar to that of Rosogolla.

It is a very simple to prepare but it takes time,all you need is patience and just keep checking on intervals….

It is simply made of Chhana/chhena or cottage cheese,semolina and bit of baking powder. It cooks in sugar syrup until you get the deserved color. It takes almost 3 hours to cook and the main trick is adding hot water in intervals.

That’s it😊

So,make some sweet dish for our friends and family 😋😋😋

Type- Sweets, Dessert

Preparation time- 15-20 minutes

Cooking time- 3 hours

Ingredients:

1 lb fresh cottage cheese/ chhana/chhena
2 tbs semolina/sooji/rava
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 1/2 cup sugar
4 cups+1 cup+1cup+1 cup water

Procedure:

In a flat plate take 1 lb fresh cottage cheese/ Chhana/chhena and start kneading it
Add 2 tbs semolina/sooji/rava
Add 1/2 tsp baking powder
Knead until everything is together,there is no cracks and you got a soft dough
Kneading will take around 6-8 minutes
Take small roundels and make them in the shape of logs
In between you can start making the syrup
In a pan add 4 cups water and 2 1/2 cup sugar
Mix until it dissolves
Now bring the syrup to boil
Add the cheese logs/chhana into the syrup
Cook it covered for 20 minutes on a high flame
After 20 minutes make your flame medium low
And keep on cooking for 1 hour
After 1 hour remove the cover and add 1 cup hot water and again cover and cook for another 1 hour
Again after 1 hour add 1 cup hot water
And keep on cooking it covered and on medium low flame
Again after 1 hour add 1 cup hot water and keep on cooking it on medium low flame
So for every 1 hour add 1 cup hot water for 3 hours and its done
Always keep an eye that your sweets don’t get burnt from below or the syrup thickens and becomes sticky
You can use the syrup or can discard it
You can add mawa or khoya (reduced milk into solids) for garnishing