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 CHHENA PODA(Recipe)

(Ingredients) 🥄🍶

For Chhena:

1. 2 liters of Milk
2. 1-2 Lemon Juice

For Mixture:

1. ½ cup Sugar
2. 1 tsp Green Cardamom Powder
3. 8-10 Cashewnuts, chopped
4. 5-6 Almonds, chopped
5. 6-8 Pistachios, blanched, chopped
6. 2 tsp Semolina
7. A pinch of Baking Soda
8. ½ tsp Oil
9. 1 tbsp Remaining Chenna Water
10. A pinch of Salt

For Baking:

1. 1 cup Salt (for pressure cooker)
2. Cake Tin
3. Sal Leaves (Other Ingredients)

Process: 👩‍🍳🍰

1. In a big pot, heat milk until it boils. Add lemon juice while stirring until the milk curdles.
2. Pour the curdled milk into a bowl lined with a thin cotton napkin or muslin cloth. Squeeze out the remaining whey and keep it aside.
3. In another bowl, crumble the prepared chenna and mash it slightly for a uniform texture.
4. Add sugar, green cardamom powder, and mix until the sugar melts. Add dry fruits and semolina, then mix well.
5. In a small bowl, mix oil and baking soda. Transfer it to the mixture, add a little remaining whey water, and make a smooth cake batter.
6. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Grease a cake mold with oil and place sal leaves in it. Pour the chenna poda mixture into the mold, tap twice, and cover with a lid.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour or 50 minutes in a pressure cooker until the top crust turns dark golden.
8. Check with a bamboo skewer or toothpick; it should come out clean with no sticky batter.
9. Let the chenna poda cool completely in the pan, then remove it, cut into pieces, and transfer to a serving plate. 🍰🍽️

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