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35 min — 15 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Pantua

Name: Pantua
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2piece Cardamom; 100g Paneer; salt; 100g sugar; 2tbsp Ghee

Deep-fried chhena balls soaked in sugar syrup. Bengali version of gulab jamun, darker and denser.

Time 35 min · Serves 4 · 233 kcal · Central Bengal, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)

Main

Paneer — 100 g (whole)
salt (optional) (whole)
sugar — 100 g (whole)

Tempering

Ghee — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Knead the chhena (paneer) with a little flour/semolina and cardamom into a smooth, soft dough; shape into smooth balls.
Make a one-string sugar syrup with sugar, water and cardamom; keep warm.
Heat ghee on low-medium flame and deep-fry the balls slowly, turning, until deep golden-brown all over.
Immediately transfer the fried pantua into the warm syrup.
Soak at least 3-4 hours (preferably overnight) so they absorb the syrup; serve.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Pantua?: 233 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 35 min — 15 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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