HOMEMADE CHENNA

Chenna is a homemade cottage cheese which is mainly used for making sweets. It is obtained by curdling the boiling milk with lemon juice or vinegar.

Homemade chenna is considered to be the freshest. Cow’s milk yields the best quality of chenna, however any type of milk can be used.

Recipe for Homemade chenna

Ingredients for Homemade chenna

• 1 litre milk
• 2 lemons or 2 tbsp vinegar

How to make

Bring milk to boil. Lower the heat. Add lemon juice or vinegar and give it a gentle stir. Wait for a minute.

If the milk doesn’t curdle add more lemon juice.

Remove from heat when you can see the curdled milk and clear whey separated.

Pass it through a sieve lined with muslin cloth. Wash the chenna under running water.

This will prevent from overcooking of chenna and also remove the tartness of lemon juice.

Squeeze to get rid of the moisture. Remember too less or too much moisture is not good for Bengali sweets.