Name: Chenna poda / Baked cheese cake recipe by Lipika Mishra at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1.5 cup - fresh Paneer ( made from 2 kg Milk ); 1/2 cup - Sugar; 2 tbsp - semolina; A pinch of Cardamom; 1 tbsp - Ghee; Handful of Raisins and cashews

ABOUT Chenna poda / Baked cheese cake RECIPE

Chenna poda / Chhena poda is the quintessential cheese dessert from the state of Orissa in eastern India. Chhena poda literally means burnt cheese in Oriya. It is made of well-kneaded homemade cottage cheese or chhena, sugar, cashew nuts and raisins, and is baked for several hours until it browns.

Instructions

Make fresh paneer and keep it aside for 10-15 minutes.
Do not squeeze it very hard, a spongy texture with a little moisture is good enough.
Heat little ghee in a pan, roast cashews and keep it aside.
Now, take paneer in a bowl and mix it with semolina and cardamom.
Start kneading it till you get a very mashed quality, this will take 3-4 minutes.
Add sugar and nuts and again mix it with paneer thoroughly to get a crumbly mixture finally.
Now, in the ramekins, spread a little ghee and keep them on low flame to melt it properly.
Add sugar to it and let it caramelise for a minute.
Pour in the paneer mix over the caramelised sugar.
Press it with fingers to form an even surface.
Bake the ramekins for 25-30 minutes. Insert a toothpick to check if it is cooked.
Cool it for a while, and take it out from the ramekin. Serve it warm.
Happy cooking..:blush::blush:

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