Boil milk.Reduce flame.Extract juice of lemon in little water.Pour this lemon water in boiling milk and boil till milk curdles.Add few ice cubes and chilled water to the curdled milk and set it aside to soak for half hour so that chenna stops cooking further and is soft.Strain water completely in a muslin cloth.Squeeze out all water but it should not be very dry.Knead paneer with the heels of palm for 5 minutes.Add 1 tsp cornflour and knead again.

Form into small round balls.Boil sugar with 3.5 cups water in a wide pan.Add cardamom pods and rose water in the syrup.Remove pods and slowly add the balls and boil it covered for 8-10 minutes tossing once in between till rasgullas are double the size.Serve at room temperature or chilled.Garnishing with few strands of saffron may be done but optional.