How much cooking time?

40 min — 20 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Chena Jhili

Name: Chena Jhili
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 7 servings
Cuisine: Odisha Indian
Ingredients: 0.2g Saffron; 10g sooji; 300g sugar; 1g Cardamom Powder; 300g Water; 250g Paneer; 15g All-purpose Flour; 70g Ghee

Deep-fried chena dumplings soaked in sugar syrup with saffron. Odia sweet similar to gulab jamun.

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Time 40 min · Serves 7 · 373 kcal · Central Odisha, Odisha

Ingredients

Garnish

Saffron (garnish) — 0.2 g

Main

sooji — 10 g
sugar — 300 g
Cardamom Powder — 1 g
Water — 300 g
Paneer — 250 g
All-purpose Flour — 15 g
Ghee — 70 g

Method

Knead the chhena with flour and sooji till smooth and soft, about 8 minutes.
Shape into small flat oval pieces, no cracks.
Boil sugar and water with cardamom and saffron to a light sticky syrup.
Heat ghee in a kadai on low flame.
Fry the pieces in batches till deep golden brown.
Drop the hot pieces into warm syrup.
Soak for 2 hours before serving.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Chena Jhili?: 373 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 40 min — 20 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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