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Balish Mishti Recipe By Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi

Balish Mishti Recipe

Harpal Singh Sokhi

Harpal Singh Sokhi

Balish Mishti is a traditional sweetmeat from Netrokona region of Bangladesh. Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi shares the recipe ... Read More

Preparation Time

Preparation Time

10-20 Min

Cooking Time

Cooking Time

50 Min

Meal Type

Meal Type

dessert

Difficulty

Difficulty

MEDIUM

Ingredients For Balish Mishti Recipe

  • For Balish Mishti

    • 2 liters milk

    • 2 tbsp vinegar

    • 1 tbsp semolina

    • 1 tsp all-purpose flour

    • pinch of baking soda

    • 5-6 tbsp sugar

    • water as required

    • saffron

    • rabdi

How to make Balish Mishti Recipe?

  1. Heat milk in a pan and let it boil for some time.
  2. Once the milk boils, remove it from the flame and add vinegar to it. The milk will curdle and chhena will be formed.
  3. Put the chhena in a muslin cloth and give it a squeeze. Put this chhena in a bowl of cold water and again squeeze hard to remove excess water.
  4. Now remove the chhena in a parat and knead the chhena till it becomes smooth.
  5. Next add semolina, baking soda and all-purpose flour to it, mix well, knead again and then cover with a wet muslin cloth.
  6. For making sugar syrup, mix water and sugar in a pan and caramelise the sugar.
  7. Once the sugar caramelises, add some more sugar and water to it and make sugar syrup.
  8. Make round balls from chhena and give them a cylindrical shape.
  9. Add them in sugar syrup and cover the pan with a lid and let Balish cook for 40-45 minutes.
  10. After 45 minutes, place Balish Mishti in a serving plate and pour some sugar syrup on it.
  11. Garnish with saffron and add some rabdi on it. Balish Mishti is ready to serve.

View Step by Step Recipe

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Heat milk in a pan and let it boil for some time.

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Once the milk boils, remove it from the flame and add vinegar to it. The milk will curdle and chhena will be formed.

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Put the chhena in a muslin cloth and give it a squeeze. Put this chhena in a bowl of cold water and again squeeze hard to remove excess water.

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Now remove the chhena in a parat and knead the chhena till it becomes smooth.

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Next add semolina, baking soda and all-purpose flour to it, mix well, knead again and then cover with a wet muslin cloth.

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For making sugar syrup, mix water and sugar in a pan and caramelise the sugar.

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Once the sugar caramelises, add some more sugar and water to it and make sugar syrup.

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Make round balls from chhena and give them a cylindrical shape.

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Add them in sugar syrup and cover the pan with a lid and let Balish cook for 40-45 minutes.

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After 45 minutes, place Balish Mishti in a serving plate and pour some sugar syrup on it.

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Garnish with saffron and add some rabdi on it. Balish Mishti is ready to serve.

Balish Mishti is a traditional sweetmeat from Netrokona region of Bangladesh. It is shaped like a pillow and huge in size. A piece of Balish can weigh up to 2 kgs. This sweet has a rich history of 100 years. 

Similar to traditional Bengali sweets, Balish is also made from chhena and sugar syrup. 

The soft and luscious Balish Mishti is an amazingly delicious dessert. 

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