Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  70      grams         cottage cheese -- (paneer)
   3      grams         baking soda
   2      grams         cardamom powder
  60      grams         flour
 500      gram          khoya -- (dried milk)
 500      milliliter    oil -- for frying
  25      grams         pistachios -- (blanched, skinned),
                        -- chopped
   1      gram          saffron -- (1/4 tsp) dissolved
                        -- in -
  15      milliliters   milk
   1      kilogram      sugar -- (5 cups)
 500      milliliter    water -- (2 1/2 cups)

Preparation:

A sweet made from cottage cheese . METHOD 1. In a bowl break up the khoya, mix the paneer and rub the mixture to a fine creamy texture. 2. Sieve the flour and baking soda together, mix with the khoya mixture and knead to a soft dough. 3. Divide the dough into 20 equal-size balls and cover with a moist cloth. 4. In a pan boil together the water and sugar, removing the scum from time to time. Cook on low heat until the syrup has one-thread consistency. 5. In a bowl combine the chopped pistachios, saffron dissolved in milk and cardamon powder into a thick paste. Divide the paste in 20 small balls. 6. Insert each ball into one of the paneer dumplings and seal and make balls. 7. Heat the oil in a pan. Fry the dumplings over very slow heat, till they are golden in color. Remove them from the oil with a slotted spoon and immediately transfer into the sugar syrup. Leave in the syrup for at least 1-2 hours. TO SERVE Serve hot with the syrup.