Sandesh is the jewel of Bengali confectionery, a soft, beautifully delicate sweet made from freshly prepared chena (cottage cheese) that is the pinnacle of pure, refined Indian dairy sweets. The texture is somewhere between a mousse and a fudge, smooth, yielding, and melt-in-mouth, and the flavor is a gentle, clean sweetness with the fresh dairy character of quality chena shining through. Sandesh is typically decorated with designs pressed from a wooden mold, making each piece an edible work of art. A sweet of extraordinary refinement that has been cherished in Bengal for centuries.