Ingredients –
For chena –
- Whole milk – 1 liter
- Lemon – 1-2 (you can also use vinegar)
For chasni –
- Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
- Water – 2 cup
- Elaichi (Cardamom) powder – 2 pinch
For Flavored milk –
- Whole milk – 1 liter
- Sugar – 1/2 cup (as per your taste)
- Sliced Dry fruits – Pista, cashew, almonds, etc.
- Saffron (optional)
For Chena/Paneer –
- To make chena, heat whole milk in a pan and bring it to boil.
- Keep stirring once a while.
- When milk starts boiling , turn off the heat and add lemon juice, as the milk starts to ferment stop adding lemon juice.
- Once the milk is fermented, pour the curdle milk into the muslin / cotton cloth, drain all the water and squeeze off excess water.
- Add little water to the Paneer while the Paneer is still in the muslin cloth, to wash away the lemon flavor.
Method –
- Now put chena on the plate and using your hand press for 5-6 minutes until chena becomes completely smooth (You can use blender also).
- Take the small portions of chena in your hand and shape them into small balls.
- Add 1 cup sugar and 2 cups of water into the utensil and let it boil.
- Add cardamom powder into the water.
- When chasni starts boiling, put chena balls into boiling chashni.
- Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes on high heat.
- Chena balls are ready, turn off the heat.
- To make flavored milk, bring 1 liter whole milk to boil in a pan on medium to low heat.
- Once milk become little thicker, add sugar and cook till sugar is completely dissolved.
- Put chena balls into the milk and cook for 5 minutes on medium heat.
- Keep stirring to avoid the milk sticking to the bottom of the container.
- Add dry fruits and cook for 1 minute.
- Paneer ki kheer / Payas is ready, turn off the heat.