Chena Poda is a pretty famous sweet dish of Orissa & is simply awesome. Chena Poda means burnt home made paneer in odiya...:)It is so simple, easy and absolutely delicious.
My husband just loves this dish, He is also from Orissa and used to miss this poda all the time.. & he is excited every time I prepare it .....
I have tried it @ home and it was superb..the caramel that I poured was not as good looking but definitely that is a `must` for a beautiful looking and tasting crust.Ok,,now without wasting a minute I should jot down the process.
So here you go.....
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So here you go.....
Ingredients :
Home made paneer (Chenna ) 3 cups
½ cup suji
Castor Sugar - 2 cups
1 tsp cardamom powder (the outer green layer has to be removed and you want to grind the black inner seeds)
½ tsp baking powder
2-3tblsp desi ghee
Raisins- 2tblsp
Broken cashew nuts- 2tblsp
Method :
(It would work best if you drain all the water from the chenna before starting. Tie the chenna in a muslin cloth and let the water drip, for 1/2 hour, till it is not soggy anymore but not all dried up either. Then start the recipe)
Take a bowl, mash the chenna & sooji thoroughly. Then mix all the above ingredients except ghee & mash well using hands .It will still be a thick dough - but not stretchy or pliable. keep aside for 10-15 minutes.
Take a baking tray. Apply the ghee in all sides to the baking tray.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoon of sugar on the baking tray. Hold the tin slightly above gas stove for a few mins to melt the sugar. Spread the melted sugar evenly.
Remove from oven and allow the sugar to cool slightly , Then pour the chenna mix over the caramelized sugar.
Pre-heat the oven & Bake at 180 degree centigrade for 40-50 mins. Test the doneness by pricking a toothpick or knife..Let it cool for sometime and then turn it upside down.
Now you can munch on it,,It is also good when chilled. Slice and serve. You can store it in refrigerator for a week.
Sending this to the event Vrat ka khana
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also
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wow too good never heard abt this dish..
yah dear it's a famous sweet dish of orissa....hope u'll like this..:)
looks awesome!!!really cool recipe!!!!
Happy to learn and know about Orissa traditional recipes from you!
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Uummmm, one of my fave sweet dishes apart from Gulab Jamun, Steam cake, Rasaballi & Kheer. But I have never tried before preparing Chennapoda at home. Will surely try once, jadi kichi kahrap huye sabu dosha tamara :D :P
Dear Pranati
Very nice recipe and I take note of chhena and suji quantity. I shall use that. I bake it for friends but I could not develop taste for oven baked chhena PoDo. The oven baked ones are no where near the one which are wrapped in sala patra and baked in wooden chuli.The burnt sala patra imparts that smokey aroma and the moisture is retained. Over baked ones are beat dry and the famous aroma of original Odisa poDo is missing. I shall try to bake one when I start charcoal BBQ in November.
Have a nice week
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hii ushnish....thnks for ur valuable comments...sata kahila se jou khalim patra re chena poda ta huye..typical orissa style ree...ta bhali tast oven re paibaniii......hele kan kariba bahare rahichuu ta e sabu jinisha millibaniii......
hi pranati,first time i see this cake. i heard a lot about orissa those days,but dont remember much already.
will try out one day, hope it works :)thanks
thanks for this recipe. this is my fav sweet and now I will make them at home.
Looks soo tempting, and delicious...my fav..enjoy..tc..:)
The sweet looks delicious! Nice to see Orissa special recipes.
Thanks all for ur sweet comments...:)
This one looks so easy to make...looks delicious.
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Thanks for linking this recipe to my event.....but I see that your recipe pic is not displayed.....
pls drop me an email with the recipe details and I will link it for you.... and also chk out my new GIVEAWAY - recipe book.
good to find you pranati.I am really happy to see your blog having oriya recipes. Now all over the world people can get to know about our traditional recipes.
hello dear...I hv linked your recipe to my event!
chk it here...
http://anuzhealthykitchen.blogspot.com/2011/08/diwali-festival-of-lights-event-aug.html
You may have already tried this..you can make it with Ricotta Cheese as well. Nice blog! :)
Hello ...Ashok here for the first time.I've a grt passion for new recepies.Just I was serching for a stem cake receipe "Odisha style" so I got a link of ur blog.Its really grt whatever I got from ur receipe list,but that was missing.So can u plz guide me how to prepare ?
@ ashok..thanks for visiting my blog n Im glad u found something good..I haven't prepared steam cake yet..I will try to find it and share with you once I prepare it...Thanks for suggesting a new recipe.
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