ODIA CHENA MITHA
BHAPA SANDESH
Steamed Sandesh
Ingredients:
Full cream milk – 1ltr
Sugar powder – 1/2 cup
Lemon – 1
Milk – 2 tbsp
Green cardamom powder – 1/4tsp
Rose water – 1/2 tsp
Butter for brushing
Method:
1. Take a deep pan. Boil the milk. Once milk is boiled switch off the burner and add the lemon juice to cuddle the milk.
2. Filter the cheese and wash in running water. Now soft chhena is ready.Hang it for 10 minutes.
3. After 10 minutes, knead the cheese to make it smooth .Add sugar powder and knead the cheese very smooth.
4. Add cardamom powder, one table spoon milk and rose water mix well.
5. Brush little butter in a tray pour the cheese mixture and sprinkle milk on top and cover with foil ,
7. Boiled water in pressure cooker and steamed the cheese mixture cover without whistle for 15 minutes.
8. Tasty steam Sandesh is ready, cool it down for 45 minutes, then keep in refrigerator for two hours, cut and serve with love.
RASABALI
RASABALI
Ingredients
- Milk – 500 ml + 1cup
- Wheat flour – 1tsp
- Sugar – 1/3 cup
- Water – ¼ cup
- Lemon – 1
- Black cardamom – 1
- Ghee /Oil for deep fry
METHOD
- Boil the milk (500 ml) in a pan, pour lime juice and mix it.
- Let the milk curdle. Turn off the burner.
- Filter and collect the cheese (Chena) in white muslin cloth.
- Rinse the cheese (Chena) under running water. Tie up the cloth and hang it for 10 minute to drain excess water.
- Take a plate add cheese (Chena) and wheat flour knead well to make smooth dough, add ½ cardamom seeds and knead again for some time.
- Make 7 balls out of cheese (Chena) dough and flat it out.
- Heat ghee/oil in a pan and fry the both side golden brown.
- Boil 1 cup milk and water in a pan and add sugar and cardamom seeds in it. Heat till the sugar gets dissolved in it.
- In the syrup drop the fried cheena pieces. Boil it for 1 minute.
- Delicious rasabali is ready. It can be served hot or cold.
TRIVIA- This is one of the special sweets served in kendrapada region of Odisha India.
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