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ଛେନାପୋଡ଼ | CHENNA PODA
Course dessert
Cuisine oriya
Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
45 minutes
Servings
serving
Ingredients
  • 250 gms Cottage cheese Paneer / / Chenna
  • 4 tbsp sugar Powdered
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Ghee
  • 4 tbsp Milk
  • 2 tbsp Semolina Sooji Rawa / /
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
  • Cashews – few broken
  • Raisins – few
For Caramel –
Course dessert
Cuisine oriya
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings
serving
Ingredients
  • 250 gms Cottage cheese Paneer / / Chenna
  • 4 tbsp sugar Powdered
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Ghee
  • 4 tbsp Milk
  • 2 tbsp Semolina Sooji Rawa / /
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
  • Cashews – few broken
  • Raisins – few
For Caramel –
Instructions
  1. Take fresh paneer or home made chenna and mix and mash it well with your hands,
  2. Add powder sugar and cardamom powder and mix all together nicely till you see even crumbles.
  3. Add sooji/ rawa , ghee and milk and mix properly till everything incorporates well.
  4. In a seperate pan fry the broken pieces of cashews and few raisins and add it to the chenna mix and mix it well with a spoon.
  5. In a baking pan or a tin, add 1 tbsp of ghee and spread all over in the base.
  6. Add sugar and hold the pan or baking tray firmly on the gas top and heat the pan base till the sugar starts to caramelize.
  7. Turn off the gas and transfer the chenna mix over the caramelized sugar evenly.
  8. Tap the pan to settle the mix well and bake the chenna in a pre heated oven at 180 degree C for 40-45 mins or till the tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
  9. Take out the baked chenna poda and cool it on a wire wrack for 2 hrs approx.
  10. Hold the pan up side down on a serving tray and remove the chenna poda carefully.
  11. Cut into slices and serve!
Recipe Notes

Notes : You can use ready made paneer or can make chenna at home also. I used home mad chenna, with one liter of milk i got around 250 gms of chenna.

Quantity of the sugar is as per choice. You can add more sugar if you want a strong sweet taste.

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