Chhena

Chhena ([ˈtʃʰeːnaː]) or sana are curds or cheese curds, originating from the Indian subcontinent, made from water buffalo[1][2] or regular cow[2] milk by adding food acids such as lemon juice and calcium lactate instead of rennet and straining. It is very similar or analogous to cottage cheese.

Not to be confused with chickpea (Hindi and Nepali: Chana).

Chhena
Chhena formed into balls to make rasgulla
Alternative namesChhana, sana
TypeCheese
Place of originIndian Subcontinent
Main ingredientsMilk

Chhena is pressed and may be further processed to make paneer, a form of farmer cheese or only formed into balls to make desserts such as khira sagara, chhena kheeri, rasabali and ras malai, as well as sweets from the Indian subcontinent (mitha or Misti or mithai) such as chhena jalebi, chhena gaja, chhena poda, pantua, rasgulla, and sandesh. For the sweets, mostly cow milk chhena is used.

History

For the making of what is today called chhena, the Manasollasa recommends the addition of some sour substance (even sour curds from a previous operation) to boiled milk, after which the precipitate was separated.[3]

gollark: Well, probably, it's a chicken with a slightly rude code.
gollark: I did put up my egg on marri's trade, yes.
gollark: ***X E N O W Y R M S*** myself.
gollark: I'd like to be overburdened with people *giving* me IOUs, like Icon of Salt. That sounds like a good position.
gollark: Shame it's a valentine one, though, I like the halloweeny ones more.

See also

References
  1. Andrew Dalby (2009), Cheese: A Global History, Reaktion Books, p. 73, ISBN 9781861897053
  2. Sanjeev Kapoor; Alyona Kapoor (2006), Sanjeev Kapoor's No-oil Vegetarian Cooking, Popular Prakashan, p. 118, ISBN 9788179912928
  3. Achaya K. T. (1994). "Indian Food Tradition A Historical Companion". Retrieved 29 January 2019.


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