Shandesh

Description
Fresh cheese dessert

Ingredients

 * 1 gallon whole milk
 * 6 tablespoons lemon juice
 * ½ cup sugar
 * 1 tablespoon ghee
 * 10 pistachios, finely crushed
 * 6 whole cardamom pods, seeds only, finely ground

Directions

 * 1) In a large, heavy saucepan, bring milk to the boiling over point.
 * 2) Add lemon juice and stir, until milk curdles.
 * 3) Remove from heat and let set for a few minutes.
 * 4) Pour curds into a cheesecloth.
 * 5) Tie cloth and press out excess moisture, until cheese is firm, like the curds in dry curd cottage cheese.
 * 6) Place cheese on a board, knead in sugar until the cheese is smooth.
 * 7) In a large heavy frying pan, heat ghee.
 * 8) Add sugared cheese and cook on low to medium heat for 7 minutes, stirring constantly.
 * 9) Otherwise it will stick or burn.
 * 10) Add crushed pistachios and ground cardamom.
 * 11) Remove from heat.
 * 12) Pour sandesh into a serving dish and smooth out by pressing down firmly with a spoon.
 * 13) Cut into equally sized portions.
 * 14) Serve either warm or chilled.