Chenna Bara Tarkari/Cottage cheese patties Curry…. A Navratri Collab
A Odia style Cottage cheese Patties curry …a Satvik curry with no onion and no garlic …apt for your lunch and dinner on sacred days.
Servings Prep Time
4helping 15minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Servings Prep Time
4helping 15minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. For making the baras or patties add all the ingredients except oil under Bara to make 2 inch sized patties. Add some extra wheat flour only if the Chenna is moist.
  2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a flat bottomed pan, and shallow fry the patties on both sides to a dark brown colour.Keep them aside.
  3. Now in the same pan take some oil and fry the cubed potato pieces till they are more than half cooked. Drain and keep aside.
  4. Grind the tomatoes, coconut, ginger, cumin,coriander and dry red chiles together till smooth.
  5. Heat the rest of the oil in the pan, add bayleaves, the cloves and the cinnamon and when they start spluttering add the ground masala.
  6. Sautxe9 till the masala paste starts leaving oil and is cooked.Now add the turmeric, chilli powder and salt and the potatoes, fry for a few minute and add a cup of hot water or according to the consistency you want for your gravy, and let it boil covered for 10 minutes on low flame.
  7. Uncover and add the sugar, garam masala and cinnamon powder and mix well.
  8. Add the Chenna baras , give a boil on low flame for 2-3 minutes and switch off. Do not boil the patties more than the mentioned time as they tend to break .
  9. Garnish with coriander and serve.