How much cooking time?

30 min — 15 min prep, 15 min cooking.

Chhena Jhili

Name: Chhena Jhili
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Odisha Indian
Ingredients: 2piece Cardamom; salt; 100g Paneer; 100g sugar; 2g Ghee

Deep-fried cottage cheese balls in sugar syrup. Odia sweet.

Time 30 min · Serves 4 · 174 kcal · Odisha

Ingredients

Garnish

Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)

Main

salt (optional) (whole)
Paneer — 100 g (whole)
sugar — 100 g (whole)
Ghee — 2 g (whole)

Method

Knead the fresh chhena with the heel of your palm for 10-12 minutes until smooth and free of grains.
Shape the chhena into small cylindrical jhilapi-like pieces.
Make a sugar syrup with the sugar, water and crushed cardamom; boil until slightly sticky and keep warm.
Heat ghee and deep-fry the chhena pieces on low-medium heat until deep golden-red.
Drop the fried pieces straight into the warm syrup and soak for about 30 minutes.
Serve at room temperature.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Chhena Jhili?: 174 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 30 min — 15 min prep, 15 min cooking.

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