Chenna Poda Recipe

Chenna Poda Recipe is a popular dessert from Orissa. It is made of homemade fresh chenna, sugar, cashew nuts and raisins and is baked until it get a thick caramelized coating from all the sides .
so try this very delicious Chenna Poda recipe

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Preparation Time : 30 min Cooking Time : 1hour

Serves: 6
Cuisine: Odiya

Course: Dessert
Author: Resmarani

INGREDIENTS OF CHENNA PODA

  • Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese)- 250 grams
  • Powdered jagarry-½ cup
  • Ghee 1-1/2 tablespoons
  • Milk -4 tablespoons
  • Sooji (Semolina/ Rava)- ¼ cup
  • Cardamom (Elaichi) Powder- 1 teaspoon
  • Almond,chopped,as required
  • Raisins, as required

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Preparation

Steps of Chenna poda recipe:

1.At first take fresh paneer or homemade chenna and mash it well with your hands.

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2. Add powdered jagarry and cardamom powder and mix all together properly.

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3. Add sooji, ghee and milk and mix it properly .

4. In a baking pan or a tin, add 1 tablespoon of ghee and spread all over the base.
5. Take a heavy bottom vessel to bake the chenna poda.

6. Add 11/2 cup salt/sand ,then keep a stand and preheat it in medium flame for sometime/5min.

7. Grease the cake tin with ghee,then add prepared chenna mix into it.

8. Carefully place the cake tin into the heavy bottom pan.

9. Then cover it with a tight lid and bake it on low-medium flame for 40 min.

10. After 40 min,it turned to dark brown/ check by Inserting a toothpick to check if it is cooked.

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11. Take out the baked chenna poda and cool it .
12. Hold the pan upside down on a serving tray and remove the chenna poda carefully.

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13. Cut into slices and enjoy in this Raja!

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