2.4. Preparation of sandesh
Chhana was kneaded in a vertical dough mixture (Khare
& Associates, Delhi, India). Half of the total chhana dough
was again kneaded along with sugar in the vertical dough
mixer to obtain smooth dough. The mixer was heated at a
temperature of 75 1C for 15 min with continuous stirring.
Then, the remaining part of the chhana dough, the pastes
of beet, mint, ginger alone or in combinations, TBHQ and
combination of BHA and BHT were added separately at
the proportion mentioned in Table 1 and were mixed