Friday, April 13, 2012

Rasmalai

Wishing all friends a very happy Tamil New Year and Vishu.



Ras Malai, basically a Bengali sweets made from a cottage cheese in a flavoured milk. I love this sweet, and had tried this in my kitchen several times and usually it comes out very well, my husband use to say that the taste is as store bought. 


Ingredients:
RAS:

Full cream milk – 1litre
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Saffron few strands
Pistachios few
Almonds few
Cardamom powder

Method:
  • Crush and Soak the saffron strands in warm milk.
  • Chop the nuts into thin slices.
  • In a heavy bottom vessel add milk and bring to boil till it reduces to half the quantity, keeping in low flame and stir frequently.


  • Then add the sugar, cardamom powder, chopped nuts (reserve few nuts for garnish) and soaked saffron strands along with milk and allow boiling for couple of minutes till the sugar dissolves and then switch off the flame.
  • Now the Ras is ready.
Malai:

Full cream milk – 1 litre
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Sugar – 1 cup
Water – 3 cups
Cardamom powder – 1tsp

Method:

  • In a heavy bottom vessel, boil the milk. Once it starts boiling sim the flame and add lemon juice.
  • Now you will see the milk starts separate and curdles, now turn off the heat and strain in the damp cheese cloth or muslin cloth.


  • Rinse under the running water to remove the sourness of lemon flavour and hang the cloth to drain the excess water, for 1 hour.


  • Remove and open the cloth and knead gently to get soft and pliable dough and make a small balls in gooseberry sized.


  • In a pressure cooker add water, sugar and cardamom powder and mix well to gets sugar dissolves and then allow to boil, once it starts boiling drop the panner balls carefully and leave for 5 minutes.


  • Then close the lid and pressure cook for 1 whistle and Switch off the stove.
  • Open the lid after the pressure releases, you can see the balls doubled in size, soft and spongy.
  • Transfer these paneer balls with sugar syrup to another serving bowl and leave it for 1 hour, to absorb the sugar syrup.


  • Now gently squeeze the paneer balls from jeera and press between your palms to drain the sugar syrup and add it to the prepared Ras.


  • Now the Yummy Rasmalai is ready, garnish with chopped nuts.
  • Keep in room temperature for some time and then refrigerate.


Serve chill and enjoy the delicious Rasmalai.


24 comments:

  1. This is my fav sweet, nicely done and explained. Happy new year to u all

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  2. They look spongy and juicy, good to see you after a short break. :)

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  3. hi gayathri! just stumbled upon ur blog! this is my fav dessert...now glad to make it at home:)

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  4. Yummy! One of my favourite sweets. But I would not have the guts to make it. Kudos!

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  5. Rasmalai looks absolutely delicious..Divine and mouthwatering..(Btw Gayathri,it's not Vishnu,Vishu.)Happy Tamil new year to you as well !

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  6. Thaks for all and thank you Melange will correct it, its because of typing error....:)

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  7. Delicious rasmalai, very tempting, Happy New Year..

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  8. Happy New Year! What a lovely rasmalai! Love it...

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  9. Wow delicious..can just imagine the taste..yummy dessert.
    maha

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  10. Happy Tamil New year...tempting and delicious rasmalai :)

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  11. they look so goregous beautifully made..

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  12. Happy New Year Gayathri! I love rasmalai...and these look very tempting and mouthwatering

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  13. Wow this one sweet is that defeats me everytime. I am very tempted to try your version.
    Happy new year.

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  14. I dont mind to finish that whole bowl rite now,just love it..

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  15. looks very perfect and delicious.

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  16. Happy New Year Gayathri. Lovely rasmalai.

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  17. very soft and delicious rasmalai and perfect tutorial..loved the recipe..
    Anjana

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  18. Lovely rasmalai !! Looks so good . Tempting ones!!!

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  19. Looks super inviting and perfectly done

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  20. Wishing you a very happy Tamil New year.
    I like your rasmalai recipe as you have not added any flour to the pedas while rolling.
    Thanks Gayathri!

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  21. This desert is my favv toooo!!!

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  22. My fav desert, thanks for sharing the receipe dear. Nice presentation.

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