Homemade Cottage Cheese Curry | Chanar Dalna
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Ingredients
Chana/Cottage Cheese:
  • 1.5 Liter Full Cream Milk
  • 1 Whole Lime (I used lime juice for curdling the milk)
Patty:
  • 1½ Cup Chana
  • 1 -2 Teaspoon Green Chili Paste
  • 1 Teaspoon Red Chili Powder
  • Salt (as needed)
  • 1½ Teaspoon Sugar (according to your taste)
  • 1 Tablespoon Ghee
  • 2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 2-3 Tablespoon Maida/All-purpose flower
Gravy:
  • 1 teaspoon Whole Cumin
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 Whole Red Chili
  • 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Red Chili Powder
  • 1 Teaspoon Cumin Powder
  • 1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder
  • 1 Tablespoon Green Chili Paste
  • 1 Tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  • 1 Tablespoon Red Chili Sauce [the_ad id="2092"]
  • 1 Medium Size Potato
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • Sugar (as needed)
  • 3 Tablespoons Vegetable oil
  • 1-2 Tablespoon Ghee
  • 1 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
  • 1 ½ Cup Warm Water (for gravy)
Instructions
Making of Chana/Cottage Cheese:
  1. Take a big deep vessel pan and start boiling the milk.
  2. Once the milk starts bubbling, reduce the flame and start adding the lime juice little by little.
  3. Stair it continuously to curdle the milk.
  4. Within a few min water will start separating from curdle milk.
  5. Turn-off the flame and drain the curdle milk using a clean muslin cloth and then tie a knot.
  6. Now place it in the sink and put a weight over cloth to extract excess water.
  7. Take out the chana from cloth.
Making of Patty:
  1. Take the Chana/Cottage Cheese in a plate, add salt, sugar, red chili powder, green chili paste, ghee ,baking powder, maida and mix them properly.
  2. Now make some small patty using them and keep them aside.
  3. Take a skillet, add little bit of oil and shallow fry the patty until they turn to lightly golden brown.
  4. Keep the chana patties aside.
Making Of Gravy:
  1. At first cut the potato in medium sized cubes then fry them with salt and turmeric powder.Keep it aside.
  2. Take a skillet, add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil and when the oil is hot enough add 1 teaspoon of whole cumin, bay leaf, and whole red chili and wait for few second until the aroma comes out.
  3. Add ginger paste and sauté for few second. Now take a small bowl, add 1 tablespoon green chili,1 tablespoon tomato sauce,1 tablespoon red chili sauce,1 teaspoon turmeric powder,1 /2 teaspoon red chili powder,1 teaspoon coriander powder,1 cumin powder, sugar , salt and add little bit of water, make a smooth paste.
  4. Now pour this smooth paste in the skillet and cook for few minutes until the oil starts to come out from the masala. [the_ad id="2092"]
  5. Add fried potato and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
  6. Now it is time for add 1-2 cups of warm water.
  7. Cook in a medium flame for 10 minutes covering the pan with lid, when the water starts boiling add the shallow fried chana patties.
  8. Meanwhile adjust the salt and sugar.
  9. Before turning-off the flame, add ghee and garam masala powder and mix them properly.
  10. Now your yummy “Chanar Dalna” is ready to be served. Serve it with plain rice or roti.
Notes
In order to avoid the tanginess from the Chana/Cottage Cheese I wash them in normal water then squeeze and extract the water.
Don't keep the weight (step 6) for long, otherwise the Chana/Cottage Cheese become very dry. It will be difficult to make a patty.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4
Recipe by Fun Love and Cooking at https://www.funloveandcooking.com/homemade-cottage-chesse-curry-chanar-dalna-recipe/