- How to make rasmalai balls? Boil milk in a heavy bottom pan.Once it comes to a boil, switch off the flame and add 1/2 cup of water to bring the temperature of the milk down a bit.
- Wait for 5-10 minutes and then start adding lemon juice till milk curdles.
- Add lemon juice till the milk curdles completely.
- Using a strainer drain the water and collect the chena.
- Rinse it under water so that there's no trace of lemon juice in it.
- Take chena in your hand and squeeze out remaining water slowly.
- Add cornflour and start mashing the chena for 10 minutes till it’s smooth, then make small balls out of it.
- 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 15-20 minutes. The balls will double in size by then.
- Take out the balls from the syrup and drop them in fresh water. If they sink to the bottom, the balls are done.
- How to make Rabri?
- In a heavy bottom pan, boil 500 ml of milk.
- 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 10 minutes add sugar and mix.
- After 20-25 minutes the milk will thicken to desired consistency, add soaked saffron mixture and cardamom powder.
- Also add finely chopped pistachios. Mix and switch off the flame.
- 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.
- Chill in the refrigerator overnight or for 5-6 hours. Garnish with chopped pistachios and few saffron strands before serving.
Rasmalai, a classic Indian festive dish. Ras malai or rossomalai is a dessert originating from the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, possibly Bengal. The name ras malai is the Hindi cognate of Bengali: rosh, meaning "juice", and malai, meaning "cream". It has been described as "a rich cheesecake without a crust".
Rasmalai
By Foodism Team
Nov, 5th
975
Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
1 hr
Ingredients
6
- 8
Ingredients
- Whole milk 1 1/2 litres
- Lemon juice 4 tablespoons
- Cornflour 1 teaspoons
- Sugar 1 cup
- Green cardamom powder 5-6 units
- Saffron 1 pinch
- Sugar 3-4 tablespoons
- Finely chopped pistachios as per taste
