Chana Pitha

Ingredients
1 cup chenna ( cottage cheese)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon semolina
2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cardamon powder
For thickened milk
1 1 /2 litre full fat milk
1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk powder
few strands of saffron
nuts and cardamon for garnishing

Oil for deep frying.


Method.

Boil the milk and simmer on a medium fire in a heavy bottom vessel. Make a paste of milk powder with few tablespoons of milk and add to the above milk. keep stirring on a low fire. Add sugar to the boiling milk. Stir continuously on a low fire so that it doesn't stick to the bottom of vessel. Cook until the milk is reduced to half the amount. It takes approximately 45 minutes to hour. Meanwhile drain and mash chenna, add semolina, baking soda, sugar and, cardamom powder. knead gently, make small balls and slightly flattened them. (Alternatively you can blend all of them together in the grinder).Heat oil in a wok and deep fry them on a low fire. Drain excess oil from the chana balls on a absorbent paper. Care should be taken not to over fry them.
Add them to the boiling milk. Simmer for 2 minutes and switch of the fire. Let it cool down . Garnish it with Cardamon powder and nuts