Chhanar Dalna

: A Delicious Bengali Curry

Take a bowl and mix the cottage cheese, rice flour, garam masala, and salt. Use your hands to press it and form a dough, ensuring that it is soft. 

Take a small portion of the dough and shape it into a round ball. Press this ball between your palms to flatten it. Make chhanna patties with all the dough in this manner. 

Take a pan and add some oil. Shallow fry the chhana patties. Once golden brown, flip. In the same oil, shallow fry the potatoes. Add the salt and red chili powder, and mix well. 

Take a separate pan and heat some oil. Add the bay leaf, laung, elaichi, dal chini, whole red chili and cumin seeds. Mix everything properly. Add salt and red chili powder. 

Add the ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, coriander powder, and turmeric powder. Add the tomato purée and mix properly. Once the oil separates from the gravy, add the fried potatoes. Add the water and mix well.