Rasmalai

Homemade Rasmalai

Rasmalai is a dessert common to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It consists of soft cheese balls soaked in creamy chilled milk. Rasmalai is also made with homemade cottage cheese known as paneer. The milk in which cheese balls are added is cooked with sugar and cardamom.

This is my mother's recipe for rasmalai this recipe contains balls made from dried milk instead of cottage cheese. The milk is cooked on low heat until reduced to half and then balls are added. Both Rasmalai and Falooda Dessert are my preferred desserts on hot Summer days.

 Here is the step by step recipe for making homemade Rasmalai

Ingredients	Quantity
whole milk	1 1/2 liter
sugar	to taste
cardamom pods split open	5-6
kewra esence	few drops
dried milk powder	1 cup
egg	1 whole
vegetable oil	1 tbsp
baking powder	1 tsp
plain flour	1 tbsp
pistachio, almonds or rose petals for garnish	to taste

Method:

Place the milk with sugar and cardamom in a heavy based pan and let cook on low heat.

Meanwhile take a clean bowl add dried milk powder, egg, oil, BP and  flour mix all together.

Meanwhile take a clean bowl add dried milk powder, egg, oil, BP and  flour mix all together.

Divide into small round balls and make an indentation in the center with the help of the index finger.

Start dropping into the cooked milk very carefully one by one.When all the balls have been added place the lid on the pan and cook for about seven minutes until the balls have doubled in size. At this point avoid using the spoon instead move the pan back and forth slowly so all the balls are cooked.

Your rasmalai is ready when the milk balls have softened right up to the center and have doubled in size. Garnish with pistachio or blanched almonds and rose petals Serve chilled..

Hope you like this recipe. What is your favourite dessert.

Here's The Detailed Recipe For Homemade Rasmalai:

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Homemade Rasmalai

by Shazia Ijaz May-21-2015

Dried milk balls imbibed in sweetened, thickened milk.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 liters fresh whole milk
• to taste sugar
• 5-6 cardamom pods split open
• 1 cup dried milk powder
• 1 whole egg
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• as needed pistachios, almonds or rose petals

Instructions

Place the milk with sugar and cardamom in a heavy based pan and let cook on low heat.Meanwhile take a clean bowl add dried milk powder, egg, oil, BP and flour mix all together. Knead till a soft dough is formed.Divide into small round balls and make an indentation in the center with the help of the index finger.Start dropping into the cooked milk very carefully one by one.When all the balls have been added place the lid on the pan and cook for about seven minutes until the balls have doubled in size. At this point avoid using the spoon instead move the pan back and forth slowly so all the balls are cooked.Your rasmalai is ready when the milk balls have softened right up to the center and have doubled in size. Garnish with pistachio or blanched almonds and rose petals Serve chilled..

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 20 mins Yield: 6