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Chomchom
Also known as: চমচম
Dense oval Bengali chhena sweets slowly cooked in cardamom sugar syrup.
About Chomchom
Chomchom is a Bengali chhena sweet associated especially with Porabari in Bangladesh’s Tangail district. This profile follows Banglar Rannaghor’s Porabari-style version, leaving the cooked ovals in their syrup without a coconut or mawa coating.
Fresh milk curds give the sweet a gentle dairy tang beneath a deep sugar sweetness. Green cardamom perfumes the syrup, while long cooking develops a warmer caramel-like note around the otherwise simple chhena base.
The sweets are smooth, compact ovals with a reddish-brown surface and a close, springy interior. They remain moist with syrup but are denser and more shape-holding than a soft rasgulla.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Chomchom
Banglar Rannaghor’s Porabari-style Chomchom.
- Whole milkChhena base
- VinegarMilk-curdling acid
- SemolinaChhena binder
- Baking powderLight leavening
- SugarSweet syrup base
- Green cardamomAromatic syrup seasoning
- WaterSyrup and vinegar dilution
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole milk:
- Vinegar: . The source names vinegar without specifying its source or commercial formula
- Semolina: . Semolina is wheat-derived and Wheat is declared explicitly
- Baking powder: . The source does not identify a brand or complete baking-powder formula
- Sugar:
- Green cardamom:
- Water:
Origins & food traditions
Banglar Rannaghor supplies the complete Porabari-style Chomchom recipe selected here. The independent Chomchom reference identifies the sweet as Bengali, traces the brown oval Porabari form to Tangail in modern Bangladesh, and distinguishes optional coconut or mawa coatings from the underlying chhena sweet.
Countries
- Bangladesh
- BangladeshCatalogue link pending review
- IndiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bangladeshi Cuisine
- Bengali Cuisine
- Bangladeshi Bengali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bengali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.