CHENNA KHEERI OR paneer kheer or COTTAGE CHEESE KHEER

PANEER KHEER OR CHENNA KHEERI OR CHEESE KHEER is quick and easy recipe for festive season. It is an authentic recipe of odisha in which crumbled paneer is cooked in thicken milk and sugar mixture. It tastes delicious.

PANEER KHEER OR CHENNA KHEERI has flavored with cardamom powder. You can use rose water and saffron for flavoring the dish.

PANEER KHEER OR CHENNA KHEERI is an easy and quick sweet for any festival and we need very less and simple ingredients for it. It needs milk, sugar, paneer and some dry fruits, which are always available in our pantry.

For perfect CHENNA KHEERI OR PANEER KHEER always use fresh milk and homemade fresh paneer. I use condense milk and khoya to enhance the taste of kheer but it is optional.

INGREDIENTS FOR CHENNA KHEERI:

FOR MAKING CHENNA OR PANEER:

1. Milk- ½ liter (full cream)

2. Vinegar or lemon juice for making chenna or paneer

FOR MAKING KHEERI:

1. Milk- 1 liter (full cream)

2. Condense milk – ½ cup

3. Khoya or mawa – ½ cup

4. Sugar – ¾ cup

5. Dry fruit( cashew, almond, pista and raisin)- ½ cup(chopped)

6. Green Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

7. Ghee – 1 tbsp

How to make paneer kheer or chenna kheeri:

1. Boil ½- liter milk in a pan. When it started boiling, add vinegar or lemon juice slowly and keep stirring while adding vinegar or lemon juice until all of the milk has curdled.

2. Separate paneer or chenna from curdled milk by using a strainer. Keep the chenna or paneer on the strainer until the paneer became dry. Crumble the paneer and keep aside.

3. Heat one tbsp ghee in a pan and fry chopped dry fruit and raisins in it. When it became brown in color, transfer them to a plate and keep aside.

4. Boil one liter full cream milk in a pan or kadhai. Simmer it and Stir occasionally until the milk became thick or reduce to 1/3.

5. Now add sugar, condense milk and khoya or mawa. Stir it until all the ingredients got blend with milk nicely. Add green cardamom powder and let it boil for 2 minutes.

6. Add crumbled paneer in it and stir. Here I have used fresh paneer; you can also use frozen or refrigerated paneer. If you are using frozen or refrigerated paneer, then grate the paneer and add it in thicken milk. Let it simmer for 10 minutes.

7. Add fried dry fruit and let it simmer for a while. Keep aside some fried dry fruits for garnishing.

8. Now the chenna kheeri or cheese kheer is ready to serve.

9. Transfer it to a serving bowl and garnish with remaining fried dry fruit. Serve chilled with puri or as a dessert.