Quick Rasmalai Recipe

Rasmalai is a chhena based sweet and like several other chhena based sweets, this one is also a gift of Bengal to all of us. Rasmalai is a very delicate flattened disc or ball of chhena cooked in sugar syrup and then dunked in a sweet thick flavoured milk and thus the name rasmalai. Chenna is basically milk curds which are obtained by adding a tart additive such as vinegar or lemon to the milk. By doing so the milk curdles and the water separates from t eh curds. The curds are then used to prepare mouth-watering sweets.
Today I am going to tell you how you can prepare this delicious sweet at your home easily. So without any further due let’s get started with the recipe.

Ingredients:

• Cheena/paneer- 250 gm
• Sugar- 350 gm + 50 gm
• Milk- 1 litre
• Saffron- 1 pinch or two
• Cashew- 15-16 (sliced)
• Cardamom powder- ½ tsp.

Procedure:

1.  Take the chhena on a plate and knead it as you would do to make a dough. You have to knead the chhena until you achieve a smooth dough like consistency. This may take around 5-6 minutes.
2.  Once your consistency is right, divide the dough into small lemon sized balls.
3.  Roll the chhena to make a ball and then flatten it to give it the shape of the rasmalai.
4.  Once all the rasmalais are ready you can start with the sugar syrup.
5.  In a pan, heat 3 cups of water and add 350 gm sugar to it. Boil this syrup on a high flame. Once all the sugar has dissolved and the water is boiling add the prepared chhena discs in this boiling sugar syrup. Cover and cook the discs for 7-8 minutes in the sugar syrup.
6.  Take out the cooked discs from the syrup and let them cool.
7.  Now squeeze the discs between your palms to get rid of the excess syrup.
8.  Now in another pan add the milk. bring the milk to a boil and then add the saffron, cardamom powder and sugar. Cook the milk until the milk is reduced to half in quantity and thickened.
9.  once the rabri is ready, add the prepared chhena discs to the milk.
10.  When the milk has cooled down, place the rasmalai in the refrigerator to chill for 2-3 hours.
11.  Garnish with chopped cashews and serve.

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