What is Paneer/Chena Murki? Paneer/Chena Murki is a popular Bengali sweet dish. Chena is called Paneer and Murki means when we coat something with sugar. Paneer/Chena Murki is a soft cottage cheese coated with sugar. This is one of the simplest and delicious desserts. Paneer/Chena Murki can be eaten as a dessert during fast and as a snack with a cup of tea. Paneer/Chena Murki is very easy to prepare, all you need is Paneer/Chena, Sugar, Green Cardamom Powder, Rose Water and Beetroot juice (optional). In this recipe what I have done here, I made this traditional Paneer/Chena Murki with a twist of beetroot flavor called Beetroot Paneer/Chena Murki. So, friend don't forget to try this recipe, with a twist of beetroot flavor called Beetroot Paneer/Chena Murki. I assured you that you will fall in love with this recipe.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Cuisine: Bengali
Course: Dessert
Serves: 4-5
Author: Ayesha Md
Ingredients:
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Cuisine: Bengali
Course: Dessert
Serves: 4-5
Author: Ayesha Md
Ingredients:
200 gm Paneer/Chena/Cottage Cheese
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Water
4 tbsp Beetroot Juice (optional)
1/4 tsp Green cardamom powder
1-2 tbsp Rose water
Steps:
1) Take a Paneer/Cottage Cheese and cut into small cubes. As shown in the picture.
2) Divide the Paneer/Chena into two equal batches. One for the Plain Paneer/Chena Murki and the other for Beetroot Paneer/Chena Murki.
3) Take a non-stick pan and add sugar and water, then bring it to a boil, stirring continuously and cook till the syrup form a single string consistency. Add green cardamom powder and mix them well. As shown in the picture.
4) Divide the syrup into two equal batches. One for the Plain Paneer/Chena Murki and the other for Beetroot Paneer/Chena Murki.
5) Now, add the Beetroot juice into one batch of the syrup and mix well and cook for 1 minutes, then add one batch of paneer/cottage cheese into the Beetroot syrup and mix well and cook 5-7 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring continuously. As shown in the picture.
6) When the syrup reaches setting/frothy consistency, turn off the flame. Keep stirring continuously so that there is even coating over the paneer/cottage cheese or till syrup completely dried and coated well with Paneer/Cottage cheese. As shown in the picture.
7) Now, take out the sugar coated Paneer/Cottage cheese out of the pan and do not take out extra sugar. The leftover dried sugar syrup can be used elsewhere in preparing sweet. As shown in the picture. 
8) Repeat this process for the rest of the syrup and paneer/chena for preparing the Plain Paneer/Chena Murki. As shown in the picture.
9) Yours delicious Beetroot And Plain Paneer Murki is ready to serve. Serve warm or chilled with a cup of tea or coffee. As shown in the picture.
If you have any queries regarding this recipe don't forget to share your comment, your comments are valuable for me. It would always be a pleasure for me to serve you....And I'll be back soon with an another exciting recipe....
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Water
4 tbsp Beetroot Juice (optional)
1/4 tsp Green cardamom powder
1-2 tbsp Rose water
Steps:
1) Take a Paneer/Cottage Cheese and cut into small cubes. As shown in the picture.2) Divide the Paneer/Chena into two equal batches. One for the Plain Paneer/Chena Murki and the other for Beetroot Paneer/Chena Murki.
3) Take a non-stick pan and add sugar and water, then bring it to a boil, stirring continuously and cook till the syrup form a single string consistency. Add green cardamom powder and mix them well. As shown in the picture.
4) Divide the syrup into two equal batches. One for the Plain Paneer/Chena Murki and the other for Beetroot Paneer/Chena Murki.
5) Now, add the Beetroot juice into one batch of the syrup and mix well and cook for 1 minutes, then add one batch of paneer/cottage cheese into the Beetroot syrup and mix well and cook 5-7 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring continuously. As shown in the picture.
6) When the syrup reaches setting/frothy consistency, turn off the flame. Keep stirring continuously so that there is even coating over the paneer/cottage cheese or till syrup completely dried and coated well with Paneer/Cottage cheese. As shown in the picture.7) Now, take out the sugar coated Paneer/Cottage cheese out of the pan and do not take out extra sugar. The leftover dried sugar syrup can be used elsewhere in preparing sweet. As shown in the picture. 8) Repeat this process for the rest of the syrup and paneer/chena for preparing the Plain Paneer/Chena Murki. As shown in the picture.
9) Yours delicious Beetroot And Plain Paneer Murki is ready to serve. Serve warm or chilled with a cup of tea or coffee. As shown in the picture.
If you have any queries regarding this recipe don't forget to share your comment, your comments are valuable for me. It would always be a pleasure for me to serve you....And I'll be back soon with an another exciting recipe....
3) Take a non-stick pan and add sugar and water, then bring it to a boil, stirring continuously and cook till the syrup form a single string consistency. Add green cardamom powder and mix them well. As shown in the picture.
5) Now, add the Beetroot juice into one batch of the syrup and mix well and cook for 1 minutes, then add one batch of paneer/cottage cheese into the Beetroot syrup and mix well and cook 5-7 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring continuously. As shown in the picture.
