Ingredients

• 1 litre - fresh milk
• 3 tbsp - sugar
• 3 - pineapple pieces
• 3 drops - pineapple essence
• 2 tbsp - lemon juice
• 6 - mint leaves
• 6 - red tutti frutti pieces

How to Make Ananas Sandesh

• Boil the milk and remove the cream (malai) from it and boil once again.
• In a cup, mix lemon juice with 2 tbsp of water.
• When the milk starts boiling again, add the lemon juice mix and stir.
• If the milk does not start curdling, then add some more lemon juice to it.
• When the milk has curdled completely then pour it in a soft muslin cloth.
• Pour enough cold water to cool it down and remove the traces of lemon juice mixture.
• Hold the cloth tightly and squeeze well to remove all the water from it.
• Then take the curdled milk solids in a big plate and rub with your palms for 5-7 minutes to smoothen it.
• Add powdered sugar and mix gently.
• Now heat a non-stick pan and add this mixture to it and cook on low heat for 3 minutes.
• Take it out in the plate and let it cool down to room temperature.
• Add pineapple essence and rub again with your palm for 3 minutes.
• Now grease your hands and make balls from the mixture.
• Flatten slightly from the top and garnish with 2-3 thin pieces of pineapple, mint leaves and tutti frutti or cherries.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour and then serve.
• Recipe courtesy: Maayeka