Chenna Poda

Name: Chenna Poda
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh chenna preferably homemade fresh paneer); 2 tbsp semolina; 1 tbsp chopped cashew nuts; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tbsp ghee; 1/3 cup powdered sugar

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CHENNA PODA (PANEER CAKE)

Chenna poda means baked cheese in Oria. Yes, this delicacy belongs to temple cuisine of Oddisha. Chenna Poda is Lord Jagganath's favourite Prasad. Here in Oddisha, desserts & sweets are mostly based on Chenna like West Bengal. Key ingredients of this sweet is homemade paneer & cashew nuts.

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CHENNA PODA (PANEER CAKE)

Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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#rys
#cookpadindia
CHENNA PODA (PANEER CAKE)

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 people

1 cupfresh chenna preferably homemade fresh paneer)
2 tbspsemolina
1 tbspchopped cashew nuts
1/4 tspcardamom powder
1 tbspghee
1/3 cuppowdered sugar

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Fry cashew nuts in ghee.
2

Crumble paneer in a bowl, add semolina, sugar & cardamom powder, mix & knead.
3

Knead until it becomes soft.
Then add fried cashew nuts & knead again.
4

Grease moulds or baking tray & sprinkle sugar & in pre heat oven, keep those moulds for 10 minutes at 180°.
5

Then fill with ready paneer press it properly & bake it for about 20 minutes at 180° or till paneer is baked light brown.
6

Serve warm.
7

Note:
1. Can use rice flour instead of semolina.
2. Traditionally, they bake this on banana leaves.
3. You can add little milk, if paneer seems dry.