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Kheera/Milk pudding with cottage chesse-Odisha signature dish

Preparation Time: Nil

Cooking Time: 1 hour

Total Cooking Time:1hour

As promised i'm back with one more authentic sweet dish of Odisha.

Kheera  is a sweet dish originally from coastal Odisha in eastern India. And it is one of the mahaprasad offered to lord Jaggantah in Puri temple!!!
I still remember in my childhood day's those how have tasted Kheera/ or Kheera is on the menu of any one's wedding considered to rich person!! Yes it was a Status symobol in those days(in 90's)..LOL..this is because to prepare authethic Kheera was a too costly and people will consume more..sounds weired. But I'm right Kheera was not available so easily in markets as it is now. People love to have it!!!

Kheera is Odisha signature dish!!!!

Kheera made by boiling the milk on low heat for a long time until it becomes dense and changes its color to brownish and Sugar, spices and nuts are added to it to give it flavor. It is chilled and served with chenna/cottage cheese.  .Although  the milk and sugar, and boiled further until some of the milk evaporates and the dish acquires a thicker consistency, to form a rabdi. The mixture is seasoned with chenna/cottage cheese ,saffron,cardamoms and nuts before being served.

For Orange punch kheera, please click the below link
http://www.lukitchen.com/2017/11/orange-punch-kheeramilk-pudding-with.html

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: East India

Servings:4 person

Ingredients:

1 liter milk
1 cup Chenna/cottage cheese

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup condensed milk 

6 Cardamom

Few saffron strands

For cottage cheese
Milk half liter
Lemon juice 2tbsp

Procedure for making chenna/cottage cheese 

• Place your saucepan and pour milk in it
• Bring it to boil
• Now add lemon juice to it
• Boil it in medium flame and milk will start curddling
• Once curdled cook for 10 minutes(chenna/cottage cheese will completely get separated)
• Wash in running water ,to get rid off the lemon essence from it
• And now tie in a muslin cloth and let all the water drain's out
• Chenna/Cottage cheese is ready

Procedure:

•  Take heavy bottom pan pour 1 ltr milk let it boil then add sugar 
• Let all the sugar break down
• Then add crushed cardamom( crush it using hand pestle)
• Time to add condensed milk and keep stirring in regular intervals. 
• As the layer of cream begins to form on the surface of the milk
•  Take off to the side of the vessel. 
• The process continues until the milk is exhausted(Keep stirring in interval of 5 mins)
• The rabri thus formed is extremely creamy and very thick consistency
• Take out in a bowl and keep it aside for cooling.
• Once cooled completely topped with chenna /cottage cheese
• Add few saffron strands as garnishing
• Your Yummy and delicious kheera is ready!!
• Serve it chill !

Thank you all for showing your interest in my blog!!!

Will be back soon with a more authentic sweet recipes  of Odisha with my twist!!!

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