Chhena Poda - Paneer cake ..
The most famous authentic sweet dish from Odisha is Chhena poda or we can simply call it as a cheese cake with cardamom flavor.It's available in every corner of the state .People mostly like to have it as breakfast and snacks and it is freshly made and served, generally it is finished in the same day it is baked so the taste is always fresh and awesome.
If i am not wrong , people all over odisha love it .As the cooking is done authentically in charcoal , it is not preferred to make it in home .
But my fondness towards this sweet took me to give it a try .You will not believe that , i am trying to bake it from so many days but not getting the actual recipe in internet so was having fear of trying it .But today i got the courage as well as confident to bake it and the result was actually unbelievable.
Ingredients:
Fresh warm chhena - 250 grams
chhena water - 2 tbsp
powdered sugar - 150 grams
rice powder - 2 tbsp
ghee - 1 tbsp
condensed milk - 2 tbsp
milk - 2 tbsp
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
baking powder - 1/2 tsp
butter paper - cut in to the size of the baking tray you are using
Method of Preparations
1.Take the fresh chhena in a bowl and knead it well for 10 minutes or more.Fresh chhena makes the sweet more soft and tasty.The texture and flavor comes out perfectly when fresh chhena is used.
2.Add rice powder and powdered sugar and mix well.
3.Mix chhena water and ghee in the chhena mixture ,mix very well , prefer to mix it by hands .
4.Mix condensed milk and milk in a separate bowl very well and add it to the chhena mixture.
5.Lastly add cardamom powder and baking powder and transfer the mixture in to a greased pan plated with butter paper .Never forget to add butter paper as it is one of the main ingredient without which the texture will not come out perfectly.
6.Preheat the oven for 10 minutes in 200 deg cent(400 deg f).
7.Bake it for 20 to 30 minutes or till it is done(check it with a tooth pick , if it comes out clean than it is cooked or else cook for another 10 minutes.
8.You can also bake it in a pressure cooker baking method.Take out the whistle of the pressure cooker.Heat the pressure cooker in low heat for 10 minutes by placing 1 cup salt inside the pressure cooker.Place the baking tin inside the pressure cooker and close it (don't put the whistle) and bake it for 30 minutes in low flame.
9.Take out the baking tray , serve hot or cold as you like it .It is one of the tastiest sweet dish you will get in every single hotels in odisha.
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