Chhena Poda|Cottage cheese cake

Hello friends,

Today’s recipe is chhena poda. A favourite dessert of my hubby. So in this lockdown period I think of to share this easy peasy sweet recipe for you. I remember my father is also very fond of it ,he used to go secretly to eat chhena poda .

It’s a very popular traditional recipe of Odisha. Chhena Poda means burnt cottage cheese in Odia language. Behind this chhena poda sweet there is a local story that in Nayagarh district of Odisha there is a bakery owner named Sudarshan Sahoo. Once at the time of closing shop he decided to mix the leftover Cottage cheese with sugar and some dry fruits and was keep the mixer in the oven. And on the next morning when he come back and checks the mixture he found a burnt sweet cake. After that people of Odisha used to eat chhena poda as a sweet. It’s delicious try once I’m sure you also loved it.

Lets read the recipe below –

Prep time – 10 minutes

Cooking time – 30 minutes

Cuisine – Odia

Serve – 2

Author – Pratignya 🙂

Ingredients :-

  • Chhena (paneer) – from 1 ltr milk
  • Sooji – 1 tbsp
  • Sugar 1/2 cup
  • Cardamom Powder – a pinch
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp
  • Nuts – according to your choice
  • Milk – 1 tbsp

Instructions:-

  1. At first, make chhena from 1 ltr milk. Use full-fat milk to make chhena.
  2. Then take the chhena and mix it by hand and add sugar. Mix the mixture till sugar melts completely then add 1 tbsp sooji, ghee, and cardamom powder. Mix nicely. Add milk if needed.
  3. Make a thick consistency like cake batter.
  4. Add dry fruits according to your choice.
  5. Now grease the mold with ghee and pour the batter.
  6. Now preheat the oven and cook in 180° celsius for 15 minutes.
  7. If you used to make in cooker then it takes 30 minutes in low flame to cook.
  8. Chhena Poda is ready.

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