Chhena

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Chhena (Hindustani: [ˈtʃʰeːna]) ଛେନ୍ନା in Odia or chhana (Bengali: [tʃʰana]) ছানা in Bengali, is a kind of acid-set cheese originating in the Indian subcontinent that is made from water buffalo or cow milk by adding food acids such as lemon juice and calcium lactate instead of rennet and straining out the whey. Chhena is pressed and may be further processed to make paneer, a form of farmer cheese, or 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, rosogolla, and sandesh. For the sweets, mostly cow milk chhena is used. Chhena is produced in Odisha, West Bengal, eastern India and Bangladesh, and it is generally made from cow or buffalo milk. In India, it is a legal requirement for Chhena to have no more than 70% of moisture content, and 50% of milk fat in dry material The production of chhena in India was estimated...

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