Eggless and no Cream Cottage Cheese Cake

by Sanjeeta kk
(Chennai, India)

Ingredients;
* 200 g Cottage cheese or paneer
* 50 g Agar agar flakes
* 100 ml of milk
* 12 biscuits (I used Marie biscuits)
* 5 Fresh Strawberries or syrup 4 tsp.
* 3 tbsp. of powder sugar
* 2 tsp. of melted butter

Method:

Keep the biscuits in a plastic or zip lock bag and crush it with a rolling pin. Make a coarse powder of the biscuits.

Agar agar is a kind of vegetarian gelatin substitute produced from a variety of seaweed vegetation used as a thickening agent. Use gelatin if you cannot find Agar agar.

Cottage cheese, for the process of making cottage cheese check this post here.

Cottage cheese and a dessert

Grease a round cake tin with butter. Mix the crushed biscuits with 3 tsp. of powder sugar and 2 tsp. of melted butter.
Spread this layer of biscuit mix in the greased baking tin and press it lightly to make the base of cheese cake. Sprinkle a little milk over this layer if you want a firm layer for the cake.

Dissolve the agar agar flakes in warm milk and leave it aside to set. Do not let it set fully.

Mix rest of the sugar powder, fresh strawberries or the syrup into the cottage cheese and blend it in a blender. Since I like the cottage cheese chunks in my cake I did not blend it to a smooth paste.

Add this cottage cheese into the agar agar mixture and mix it thoroughly.

Pour the mixture over the biscuit base and bake it for 25-30 minutes at 180°C.

Take the bakes cake out from the oven and refrigerate it for a good 8-10 hours before serving.

Pour a tablespoon of crushed strawberries mixed with powder sugar or caramel syrup over the chilled slice and serve.

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