Chhena Poda (Baked Cottage Cheese)

Chhena Poda (Baked Cottage Cheese)

Ingredients:

• 1 kg
  cottage cheese (chhena)
• 500 gm sugar (chini)
• 150 gm semolina
  (suji)
• 100 gm
  cashew nuts (kaju)
• 50 gm raisins
  (kismis)
• 20 gm cinnamon (dalchini)

Preparation:

1. Mix the cottage cheese with semolina and sugar and knead it properly to
   get a homogeneous batter (add a little water if required while kneading).
2. Add cashew nuts, raisins and cardamom to the batter.
3. Put the same in the container of oven leaving about one inch at the top of
   the container empty.
4. Pre-heat the oven, bake the batter for one-and-half hours (until the top
   appears brown).
5. Take the container out of the oven, let it cool.
6. Delicious chhena poda is ready.
7. Cut it into desired shapes like cakes before serving.