Name: Authentic Bengali Pantua Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: For the Dough:; 1 cup Chhena (freshly made or store-bought, well-drained); 2 tablespoons All-purpose flour (Maida); 1 tablespoon Semolina (Sooji/Rava); 1 tablespoon Ghee (clarified butter); 1/4 teaspoon Baking powder; 1/8 teaspoon Salt; 2-3 tablespoons Milk (or as needed to bind); Oil for deep frying; For the Sugar Syrup (Chashni):; 5 cups Sugar; 5 cups Water; 4-5 Green cardamom pods (lightly crushed); 1 teaspoon Rose water (optional)

Pantua 🇮🇳 India

It is a traditional Bengali sweet made of deep-fried balls of semolina, chhena, milk, ghee and sugar syrup. Notable in West Bengal, Eastern India and Bangladesh.

vegetarian sweet

Made with

Chhena sugar ghee flour

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