Chhena Poda

Ingredients

• 250 gm fresh paneer (I use store brought you can make it home 🏠 with 2 liters milk 🥛)
• 1/2 cup sugar (you can use jaggery also)
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 3/4 tbsp fine semolina (you can grind in mixer if you have moti suji)
• 2 tbsp chopped nuts.. cashew nut + almonds + pistachios
• 2 tsp ghee

Steps

1. Grate paneer & take in a bowl. Boil milk. Switch off gas. Add lemon juice, little at a time. Stir. Milk will curdle immediately. Keep stirring for a few seconds. Strain the curdle milk (if you are making chhena @ home 🏠)
2. Add sugar & mash it with hands till fluffy like cake batter or you can beat with fork / cake beater
3. Add semolina & cardamom powder & beat it again add nuts & mix well
4. Transfer to greased and butter paper lined small baking tin and tap the tin.
5. Place the baking tin in a preheated oven at 180°C. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. (depend on oven temperature plz keep watching) Check with toothpick The top should be golden brown.
6. Remove from oven. Cool down completely Carefully unmould, remove butter paper. Garnish with cashew & pistachio
7. Keeps good for 1-2 days at room temperature. Store in fridge for upto a week, warm it for 20 seconds before serving.
8. First time I make it & it comes so perfect & every one like it.