Cham Cham
Cham Cham, also known as Chomchom, is a delightful Bengali sweet loved for its soft, spongy texture and rich flavor. Made from chenna (fresh paneer) and soaked in light sugar syrup, these colorful sweets are often filled with mawa and coated in coconut for that irresistible festive touch. Elegant, fragrant, and melt-in-the-mouth, Cham Cham perfectly captures the joy of Indian celebrations — simple ingredients transformed into a sweet that’s both traditional and timeless.
Cham cham is a well known popular Bengal sweet made from fresh chenna using thick full cream milk , with a creamy delicious malai mava filling in the center..we can any kind of tasty filling according to our choice but malai mava taste is simply yummy .
Ingredients
1 litre full cream milk make chenna with this milk by boiling , curdle with a tbsp or two of lime juice, cool the chenna, hang it in a thin cloth for about an hour .
2 cups sugar to make the syrup for cooking cham cham
4 cups water to prepare sugar syrup
2 tbsp saffron milk
1.5 tbsp sooji, fine rava to be added to crumbled chenna while making cham cham dough
1 -2 tsp milk or milk powder may be added while making a smooth dough
2 tsp sugar powder to knead with chenna dough
pinch of cardamom powder for the malai mava filling .
2-3 cardamom pods for adding to sugar syrup . some chopped dried fruits for garnish some coconut powder for rolling the prepared cham cham as a final garnish
to make the creamy malai mava filling
1-tbsp ghee
1/2 cup milk powder
pinch of cardamom powder
2 tbsp saffron milk
1 tbsp cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk .
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