Ras Malai

Name: Ras Malai
Total time: 3600 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 litre milk (for Chena); 1 Lemon; 1.5 cup Sugar; 5 cup Water; 4 cup Milk; 1/2 cup Sugar; 3 Cardamom; Dry fruits as required

Sudipa Gope @Sudipagope

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Milk and milk products is always welcome when are keeping fast and Chena is a healthy and excellent milk product to consume during fast.
Chena is used in wide range of preparation of sweets / desserts and Ras Malai is one such desserts prepared out of Chena which is accepted and adorable to many sweet lovers.

#FR
#milk
#dryfruits

Sudipa Gope @Sudipagope

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Ingredients

1 hour

1 litremilk (for Chena)
1Lemon
Sugar syrup
1.5 cupSugar
5 cupWater
Malai
4 cupMilk
1/2 cupSugar
3Cardamom
Dry fruits as required

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Steps

1 hour

1

Curdle milk either with lemon juice / vinegar and let Chena drain excess water. Hang for 3-4 hours to drain off water. We need a soft Chena, should not be too much dry.
2

Make sugar syrup, let sugar dissolve fully and give a nice boil, keep aside.
3

In a heavy bottom pan add milk and allow to boil, then add sugar, add cardamom and simmer milk for 12 - 15 minutes under medium flame.
Just need a semi thick consistency milk.
4

Switch off flame and Malai is done, allow to rest.
5

Transfer Chena on a plate or thali and press gently with the help of palms for 4-5 minutes to make it smooth. If Chena has moist then 1-2 tsp corn flour can be added.
6

Pinch small / medium size balls and make smooth balls.
7

Now heat sugar syrup and allow to boil, the start adding the balls one after another and cook balls for 10 minutes by covering but stir in between.
8

Cook further for 3-4 minutes more and switch off.
9

Take out the balls and transfer to cold water, gently squeeze the balls and then transfer to thickened milk / Malai.
10

Let the balls dunked in Malai for 6-7 hours in refrigerate. Garnish with dry fruits.
11

Serve chilled or at room temperature.