Chena Poda
Chena Poda

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chena poda. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chena Poda is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chena Poda is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chena poda using 10 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chena Poda:
  1. Take 1 1/2 litre fresh full fat Milk
  2. Prepare 3 tablespoon white Vinegar
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup powder Sugar
  4. Get 2 teaspoon Semolina
  5. Get 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom powder
  6. Make ready 1 teaspoon Ghee
  7. Prepare 7-8 Cashew nuts
  8. Take 7-8 Raisins
  9. Take 1/2 teaspoon Orange zest
  10. Take 1 teaspoon brown Sugar
Instructions to make Chena Poda:
  1. Heat milk in a heavy bottomed pan.
  2. When milk starts boiling, remove the flame, add 3 tablespoons of white vinegar and give a gentle mix.
  3. Keep aside for 10 to 15 minutes to curdle the milk completely.
  4. When the chena separates from whey drain it to a muslin cloth and then rinse the chena nicely with cold water so that smell and taste of vinegar goes off completely.
  5. Squeeze the excess water and tie the cloth with chena for 10 minutes so that excess water from chena removes.
  6. After 10 minutes, transfer the chena to a container. The chena should be moist and soft. Note that don't tie the chena for longer time which will make them very dry. And we don't need that.
  7. Mash with your palm for few minutes and then add 2 teaspoon of semolina, 1/2 cup of powder sugar and cardamom powder.
  8. Mix well so that everything combines well.
  9. Heat 1 teaspoon of ghee in a pan and fry cashew and raisins to golden brown.
  10. Remove them to a cutting board, slice them to small pieces and add to the chena mixture.Also add 1/2 teaspoon (approx) of orange zest if you like.
  11. Mix everyone well to form a soft and moist dough.
  12. Take 4 or 5 ramekin bowls or any other baking dish and grease with some ghee.
  13. Sprinkle some brown sugar to each bowl.
  14. Preheat oven at 200 degree C for 10 minutes.
  15. Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder to the chena dough and give a final mix.
  16. Fill 2/3 of each bowl with the chena mixture.
  17. Grease some aluminium foil with ghee and cover each bowl.
  18. Bake them for about 30 minutes.
  19. After 30 minutes removes the cover carefully and bake 10 more minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  20. Delicious chena poda or burnt cottage cheese is ready now.
  21. When they cool down scrap the sides with a knife and invert each bowl carefully to a serving dish. Enjoy the tasty Orissi sweet with your family and friends.
  22. Note that it is necessary to caramalise the sugar and the chena or paneer should be little burnt to get the authentic taste of chena poda.

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