Chhana Podo: A Traditional Baked Dairy Product

摘要

Chhana podo is the only baked traditional dairy product in India (Fig. 1). Chhana podo finds its origin in Odisha and its popularity is mainly in regions of eastern India. It is made from chhana, sugar and semolina (suji)/refined wheat flour (maida).It is often garnished with nuts, cloves and cardamoms. Chhana podo closely resembles the north Indian traditional dairy product "milk-cake'' in appearance, which is prepared from whole milk by heat desiccation in contrast to heat/ acid coagulation employed for Chhana podo (Karwasra et al, 2001). Most of these sweetmeats made from milk serve as a concentrated source of milk solids-they provide variety (in terms of texture, flavor, mouthfeel) to the diet and enhance nutrition at the same time. They are high or intermediate moisture products and hence require refrigerated storage for the extension of their limited shelf-life (Aneja et al, 2002).