Chena podo

Name: Chena podo
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 6 to 7 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 litres whole milk; 2 lemon; 2 tbsp sooji; 1 cup sugar powder; pinch cardomom powder; as needed ghee; handful cashew

Kameswari Palanisamy @kameswari21

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I made Odisha's famous sweet Chenapodo. It is also made as prasad for lord Jagannath. One of the chappan bhogs. We can call it as baked cheese cake.

Kameswari Palanisamy @kameswari21

#GA4
#WEEK16
#ORISSA
I made Odisha's famous sweet Chenapodo. It is also made as prasad for lord Jagannath. One of the chappan bhogs. We can call it as baked cheese cake.

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Ingredients

35 min

6 to 7 servings

2 litreswhole milk
2lemon
2 tbspsooji
1 cupsugar powder
pinchcardomom powder
as neededghee
handfulcashew

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Steps

35 min

1

Take whole milk in a vessel and boil n off it add lemon juice and keep on stirring. You will get chena or cottage cheese. Once you get the whey water,filter and keep the whey water. Hung chena in a cloth. Take chena and whey water and knead lightly. Keep on kneading for 15 min. Add sooji and sugar n 1tbsp ghee knead again till it is soft. Add whey water in batches. Batter should be like idli batter. Add cardamom powder
2

Then grease a bowl and transfer the batter to the bowl or container. Keep for 10 min. Add caramalised sugar to it. Take a kadai and add sugar to ghee n heat to get caramel. Pour it onto the batter.
3

Preheat microwave and keep in microwave for 10 min. Prick n check if its clean it means cake is done. You can bake in oven 180 degrees for 20mn. I am making in microwave. Because of caramel you will get the colour.
4

Once done turn upside down and add more caramalised sugar to get the colour. Decorate with cashews and serve.