Rasmalai recipe
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 06-09-2021
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Ras Malai, cotton soft cheese in a creamy milk sauce, is a delectable Indian dessert.
Ingredients
Whole
Milk 8 cups (divided), Lemon Juice 2 Tbsp, Water 5 cups (in a pressure
cooker), Sugar 1 cup, Saffron pinch, Cardamom Powder 1/4 tsp, Pistachios
& Almonds 2 Tbsp, roughly chopped, Sugar for the Ras to taste.
How to make
Boil
4 cups milk in a steel pan and boil the remaining 4 cups milk in a
non-stick pan (The milk in the non-stick pan needs to be reduced to half
the quantity so once it comes to a boil, keep the flame low and keep
cooking while stirring occasionally. Grind saffron with a small amount
of sugar and add it to the milk while boiling).
Once the milk in
the steel pan comes to a rolling boil, slowly add lemon juice. When the
milk curdles (paneer), switch off the stove and strain the paneer in a
cheese cloth.
Pour a little cold water over the paneer and hang
the cheese cloth on the tap for approx 30 minutes to remove all of the
liquid. Remove the paneer from the cheese cloth and run it through a
food processor to smooth it out. You can knead the paneer by hand but it
will take a long time to make it smooth.
Divide the paneer into
12 equal portions a little smaller than the size of a ping pong ball.
Roll the portions in your hands until a smooth ball is formed. Lightly
press the ball until it flattens out.
In the pressure cooker with
water, dissolve 1 cup sugar and add the flattened paneer. Close
pressure cooker lid and cook until one whistle sounds. Immediately
switch off the stove and set the timer for exactly 5 minutes.