Sweet & Dessert Recipe
Chenna Poda/ Indian Cheese Cake
Chenna
Poda/ Indian Cheese Cake
Chenna poda is very famous
Odiya/Oriya sweet from the state of Orissa in India. Channa poda is a one of
first cheese cake of India which was invented by Sudarshana Sahoo who is a sweet
maker. Initially Chenna poda was made from leftover channa or cottage cheese.
It became a favorite sweet in no time. It is a very delicious and easy to make
dessert with only three ingredients. First we need to curdle the milk and we
have to bake it.
But being a Bengali Puri is our
favorite holiday destination. We always eat Chenna Poda there. So I have
thought making Chenna Poda toady on this very special day. As today is
Janmasthami (Date of birth of Hindu God Krishna) so I have made my blog’s very
first sweet recipe.
Ingredients:
2 liters full fat milk
Vinegar/lemon juice
4 tbsp. semolina
3tbsp. ghee/clarified butter
Cardamom powder
Sugar
Nuts and raisins
Pinch of salt
Method
1. If you are
you using store bought cheese/chenna then skip the step.
2. Heat the
milk until first boiling point and stir it continuously otherwise milk can be
burned in the bottom of the pan.
3. When it
comes to boil then turn of the stove and add vinegar with some water with one
hand and with other hand stir the milk until the milk curdles.
4. Strain
the cheese/chenna by a strainer and store the chenna/cheese water.
5. Take a mixing
bowl. Add the fresh chenna, semolina, sugar salt and mash the chenna very well
with the ingredients.
6. Now add
some chenna water and mix it with a hand mixer. You can mix it manually as
well.
7. The
batter should be normal cake batter consistency not too runny or not to thick.
8. After
mixing everything add cardamom powder for flavoring you can use any flavoring
of your choice.
9. Add
chopped nuts raisins and ghee/clarified butter. Lightly mix it.
10.
Take baking mold. Lightly grease the mold with
some clarified butter/ghee. Then pour the batter in the mold. Tap it. Cover the
top with a butter paper/parchment paper.
11. Preheat
the oven at 180°C and bake it for 50-60minutes.
12.
After 1 hour take it out from the oven and just
take out the parchment paper from the top and bake it again at broil mode/250°C for
5-10 minutes.
13.
So our Chenna Poda or Indian cheese cake is ready.
Let it cool down and cut it into our desired shapes. Enjoy this Odiya sweet
Recipe.
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