Ingredients

• 1 litre - plain soya milk
• 8 to 10 - strawberries, washed, chopped
• 1 cup - fresh curds
• 1/2 - lemon juice, extracted
• 1 glass - chilled water
• 2 tbsp - sugar
• 4 to 5 drops - vanilla essence

How to Make Surprise Sandesh from Soymilk

• Put strawberries in a pan, sprinkle 1 tsp sugar over it.
• Heat on medium, till sugar melts, and strawberries become mushy.
• Take off fire, drain in colander, allow to cool while draining.
• Dilute lemon juice in half glass water.
• When milk boils, add curds and mix gently to curdle.
• Once curdling starts, add lemon juice, to curdle completely.
• When whey becomes transparent, take off fire, add a glass of chilled water.
• Drain through a muslin cloth, to collect residue of chenna.
• Holding like a pouch under running tap water, cool and wash chenna.
• Press out gently to remove excess water.
• Return chenna to vessel, add remaining sugar.
• Heat gently, stirring continuously, till sugar melts.
• This will hardly take two minutes.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Run this sweet chenna in mixie till very smooth.
• Transfer strawberries to a mixie, add essence.
• Run till finely crushed but not pasty.
• Add to chenna, mix very well with hands, till blended.
• Spread on a plate, transfer to refrigerator to chill and set.
• When it become a little firm, use to put into moulds.
• Press portions into desired moulds, or smoothen into a tray.
• Allow to set fully like a soft cheesecake.
• Cut and serve chilled.