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Cham Cham (Indian Dessert)
1
hour
hour
30
minutes
minutes
1
hour
hour
30
minutes
minutes
Servings:
20
pieces
Author:
Alpa Jain
Cham cham or chom chom is an Indian sweet made from paneer. It can be made in various colors like pink, yellow or white. Check out how to make cham cham at home.
Equipment
Instant Pot 3 qt
Food Processor
Ingredients
To make paneer
▢
½
gallon
Milk
(2% Fat)
▢
¼
cup
Vinegar
To make the topping
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1
cup
Ricotta Cheese
▢
¼
cup
Milk
▢
¼
cup
Organic cane sugar
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2
teaspoon
Unsalted butter
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Cherries
(For garnishing)
To make cham cham
▢
2 ½
cup
Water
▢
1
cup
Organic cane sugar
▢
250
grams
Paneer
(homemade paneer with above ingredients)
Instructions
Making Paneer in Instant Pot
Heat the milk in instant pot on "boil" setting by pressing "yogt" button.
Once done, stir in the vinegar, wait for 5-10 minutes and strain the whey out.
Rinse the paneer with cold water, squeeze out excess water and keep weight on it for about 2 hours.
Refer my blog on
how to make paneer in instant pot
for detailed instructions.
Making the cham cham topping
Heat a skillet, add unsalted butter and ricotta cheese
Cook for about a minute and then add milk.
Mix well and then add sugar
Cook the mixture for 2-3 minutes, the mixture will look crumbly and leave the sides of the skillet.
Transfer to a bowl else it can dry up further.
Making Cham Cham in Instant Pot
Make 25 gram oval balls by rolling paneer in your palms. Apply pressure while doing so to make it smooth.
In a 3 qt. instant pot add sugar, water and 5 cham cham balls.
Cook on high pressure mode for 12 minutes followed by a natural pressure release.
You can cook the second batch of cham cham in the same sugar syrup.
Refrigerate the cham cham patties once it is at room temperature for about 2-3 hours.
Discard the sugar syrup and slice the patties.
Apply 1 and half tablespoon of ricotta cheese topping on each slice and press it with a spoon.
Garnish is with a cherry.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
piece
|
Calories:
95
kcal
(5%)
|
Carbohydrates:
8
g
(3%)
|
Protein:
4
g
(8%)
|
Fat:
5
g
(8%)
|
Saturated Fat:
3
g
(19%)
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Trans Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
17
mg
(6%)
|
Sodium:
52
mg
(2%)
|
Potassium:
142
mg
(4%)
|
Sugar:
7
g
(8%)
|
Vitamin A:
225
IU
(5%)
|
Calcium:
136
mg
(14%)
|
Iron:
1
mg
(6%)