Chum chum is delicious Bengali sweet similar to Rasogulla which is prepared using home made paneer balls soaked in to sugar syrup. Chum chum is little different as it has mawa filling and then rolled into desiccated coconut. Chum chums is generally made in oval shape. This recipe attempts to give a fruit flavored taste to Chum Chum using strawberry. If you don’t like strawberry, you can use any other fruit or skip that too. The recipe uses homemade mawa for chum chum filling. You can buy ready made mava from the store although homemade is always fresh and tastes better.
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Besan Laddoo
Besan laddoo is one of the most popular delicious Indian sweet across all over India. Besan (gram flour) laddoo made with ingredients like roasted besan, ghee or butter, sugar and flavored with green cardamom powder and pistachios. Besan laddoo is all time favorite of my kids. The aroma of roasted besan is awesome. Normally, the sweets like laddoos are made on special occasions like Diwali, Ganesh chaturthi and other festivals, however you can make any time. The recipe for besan laddoo is very simple and easy. The most important part of recipe is right level of roasting, consistency and texture of the mix. The texture of the besan ladoo is soft however you could still feel the granularity of roasted besan. You could share laddos as gift pack to family & friends and it could last for about a month.