Bengali Rasmalai

Divya Goel
Divya Goel @divya_080910

#tech1 Ras malai or rossomalai or Rasamalei is a dessert originating from the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It is "a rich cheesecake without a crust". It is a perfect boiling recipe.

Bengali Rasmalai

#tech1 Ras malai or rossomalai or Rasamalei is a dessert originating from the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It is "a rich cheesecake without a crust". It is a perfect boiling recipe.

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Ingredients

1 hr
8 people
  1. For rasmalai
  2. 1 litremilk
  3. 4 tbsplemon juice
  4. 1 tspcorn flour
  5. 4 cupswater
  6. 1 cupsugar
  7. For rasmalai Ras
  8. 500 mlmilk
  9. 3-4 tbspsugar
  10. 4-5 tspcardamom powder
  11. 1 tspsaffron essence
  12. 12-15 Kesar strand(safforn)

Cooking Instructions

1 hr
  1. 1

    Boil milk in a heavy bottom pan.Once it comes to a boil, then start adding lemon juice till milk curdles.

  2. 2

    Using a strainer drain the water and collect the chena. Rinse it under tap water so that there's no trace of lemon juice in it.

  3. 3

    Leave it in the strainer for 10-15 minutes and then take the chena in your hand and squeeze out remaining water slowly. Add cornflour and start mashing the chena till it’s smooth for around 10 min.

  4. 4

    Once it’s smooth, make small balls out of it. Don’t flatten them now.

  5. 5

    Heat 1 cup sugar and 4 cups water in a wide pan and wait till it comes to a full boil. Drop the balls in boiling sugar syrup and cook for 15-16 minutes. The balls will double in size.

  6. 6

    Take out the balls from the syrup and drop them in fresh water. If they sink to the bottom, the balls are done.

  7. 7

    Now, In a heavy bottom pan, boil milk for making Ras. Soak few strands of saffron in a tablespoon of warm milk and set aside.Once the milk comes to a boil, lower the flame and continue to stir the milk at regular intervals. After 20 minutes when milk reduces to half add sugar, cardamom powder and mix.

  8. 8

    Switch off the flame and once cool add pistachios (chopped)

  9. 9

    Take out the cooled rasmalai balls from the sugar syrup, squeeze and flatten with your hands. Transfer the balls to thickened milk (milk should be warm)

  10. 10

    Chill in the refrigerator overnight or for 5-6 hours. Garnish with chopped pistachios and few saffron strands before serving.

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