Sunday 12 June 2011

And now for the best part. DESSERT!

This next dish is truly amazing. Your mouth will absolutely water over this dessert. The scrumpcious dish is calld Rasmalai. It is a very popular Indian dessert which actually usually served with Sarso ka Saag and Makhi di Roti.Rasmalai is a dish which consists of dumplings made from ricotta cheese and drenched in sweetened, thickened milk. Below is the recipe for this delicious dessert dish.

Ingredients

4 Measuring cup milk for channa (2% milk)
3 measuring cup milk for Ras
4 - 4 1/2 tbsp. sugar for Ras
1 cup sugar
3 cups of water
saffron, cardamom, pista, almonds
lemon juice
Method
First keep the 3 cups of milk for ras to boil until it remains 1 3/4 cup.

Bring 4 cups of milk to boil. Now to curdle the milk add lemon juice to it stirring continuously.
Then drain it in a thin muslin cloth or handkerchief.
Hold it covered with cloth in the running water. Drain the excess water by pressing the cloth there must not be water remaining.
In a pressure cooker take 3 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar.
Take the channa out of the cloth in a dish, mash it and make around 15 small size of balls out of it
Toss that balls in the pressure cooker and bring two whistles.
In the mean time see the milk for ras may be ready.
Add the sugar for ras to it and add cardamom, pista, almond and saffron to it. Let it cool aside
As the pressure cooker is warm now open it take out the balls of channa with the spoon in a dish and let the water drain by pressing it little and let it cook.
When the milk is cool add channa balls to it.
Refrigerate it.
And it is ready to serve.
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Above is the finished Rasmalai dish ready to be eaten.