Chennar Payesh | Paneer Kheer | Chenna Payesh

Chennar Payesh or Chenna payesh is a creamy kheer made with Paneer and milk. A rich and royal treat on its own, garnished with crunchy nuts to make it more enticing. A royal dessert to make for your next celebrations.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Cottage cheese dessert, Dessert with paneer, Indian dessert with soft cheese, kheer made with paneer, Paneer dessert, Paneer kheer, Paneer payasam, paneer payesh

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1

Servings people

Calories 252kcal

Equipment

Heavy bottom sauce pan to make the kheer

Ingredients

1.5 cups of paneer/cottage cheese i used homemade paneer, which i had in hand
5 cups of full fat milk
2 generous pinches of saffron
200 grams of condensed milk ½ a can
¼ cup of pistachios chopped
few pistachios crushed to top while serving

Instructions

To Make fresh paneer at home

I had homemade paneer, ready in my freezer, so i used it. In case if you want to make fresh paneer, then boil 1500 ml milk, squeeze a lime into it and keep stirring until the whey separates.
Add few ice cubes, take it off heat. Use a strainer, with cheese cloth, drain the whey and let the paneer sit for 30 minutes and then use it in the kheer

Let us make Paneer Payasam

In a heavy bottom saucepan take 5 cups of milk. Let it cook in a medium flame and come to a boil. When it starts boiling, reduce the flame to simmer and add saffron strands to it.
Let the milk reduce to 4 cups, while it is reducing, remember to keep the flame simmer and stir often to mix the malai/cream that forms on top and the sides. In the mean time, crumble the paneer and keep ready
When the milk reduces to 4 cups, add condensed milk and mix well. Let it continue to cook for another 10-15 minutes.
Now add the crumbled paneer to this and mix well. Let this cook until paneer swells a bit absorbing the sweet milk/ras, about 15-20 minutes in simmer flame. At this time keep the pistachios ready and add it to the kheer.
Let this be on the stove for another 10 minutes. Remove from fire and serve warm or chilled with some more pistachios on top.

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