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Baked chhena Poda with jaggery in kadai without oven | Cottage cheese baked cake

Indian baked cheese cake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian, Odisha
Servings 4
Calories 290 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Litre full fat Milk / Doodh
  • 2 Tbsp Vinegar / Sirkha
  • 1 Pinch Baking soda
  • 1 Pinch Salt / Namak
  • 1/4 Cup Jaggery powder / Gud
  • 1/2 Tsp Green cardamom powder / Hari elaechi
  • 1/2 Tsp Clarified butter / Desi ghee
  • 1 Tbsp Semolina / Suji
  • 1/4 Cup chopped Dry fruits / Sukha Mewa

Instructions
 

  • Keep the milk to boil and then switch off.
  • Mix 2 tbsp Water in Vinegar and then add it to the boiled milk.
  • Keep it covered for about 10 minutes.
  • Strain out over a thin muslin cloth and you will get the Chena.
  • Pour some Water over it to rinse it.
  • Tie the cloth and keep it over the sieve for 10 minutes to remove excess water.
  • Now take the made Chena in a plate and mash it for 5 minutes or untill its smooth.
  • Add then mix in Suji, Baking soda, Salt, Cardamom, Ghee, melted Jagger, dry fruits and about 2 tbsp Water.
  • Drop chena mix into a greased baking dish of any shape lined and greased with parchment paper.
  • Level it up and garnish it with some more dry fruits.
  • Bake it in a preheated Kadai keeping a stand below for 50 minutes on medium heat or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Chhena poda is ready.Cool and then demould.Enjoy !