Heat the milk .Add lemon juice to boiling milk and leave for 2 minute without stirring.The milk will start curdling .Switch off the flame ,add ice cubes to it.
Once cooled ,drain the water and collect the cottage cheese (chenna ) in a cheese cloth .Wash it well with running water for 2 to 3 times.
Squeeze excess water and tie the cheese cloth and hang for 45 minute to 1 hour.
knead the dry cheese for at least 10 minute until you get a very soft dough.
Make small balls out of that (around 20 lemon sized ball ).
Dry Cottage-cheese
Cooking Cheese balls in boiling sugar syrup
Take a pressure cooker and heat water with sugar , wait till it comes to boiling point. Add cardamom powder.Then add slowly the cheese balls to this and pressure cook to one whistle at medium flame.
Cool it and serve. In Odisha people enjoy hot Rasagolla too.You can give a try .
OR you can cook the cheese balls in the boiling sugar syrup in a vessel until the balls