Chenna Poda (cheese Cake)

Chena Poda or cheese cake is an extremely authentic and extremely popular in odisha as a sweet dish that is made by slowly baking Chenna (Cottage cheese) in earthen fire for few hours and then cooling it down for hours before serving .The sweet dish owes its origin to the temple of Lord Jagannath. This is my husband’s one of the favorite sweet dish.

Ingredients:

•  Cheese (chenna) – 1kg
• Semolina (suji) – 150gm
• Sugar (chini) – 500gm
• Cashew nuts (kaju) -150gm
• Raisin (kismis) – 50gm
• Cinnamon (dalchini)- 50gm

Method: 

•  Drain excess water from the curdled milk and mash the Chenna.
• Pour all ingredients in that chenna (cheese) and mix it properly using spoon or a hand blender.
• Preheat the oven at 350f .
• Pour  the mixture into the baking pan add the garnishing and bake it 40-50 mints till the top turns to light brown.
• Insert a tooth pick and check if it comes clean.
• Cool it after taking out from the oven.
• Your yummy sweet chenna  poda is Ready.
• Carefully cut into pieces like cake and serve it.