Recipe of Ras Malai
Ingredients For Dumplings :
- Milk 16 oz
- Refined flour (maida) 1 tsp
- Lemon juice 2 tbsp.
- Sugar 1 cup
- Water 1 cup
- Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Ingredients For Dumplings :
- Milk 24 oz
- Sugar 5 tbsp
- Slivered almonds and pistachios
Directions:
- Make the dumplings:
- Boil 16 oz milk and remove from flame
- Add lemon juice and stir slowly until white curd forms on the milk surface and separates from whey
- Using a soft, porous cloth, strain the milk - the curd will stay in the cloth
- Wash curd well under cold running water and twist the cloth that was used for straining to squeeze out any water
- Knead the curd to make a smooth dough
- Add maida (refined flour) and knead again
- Make small balls of equal size (6-7) of the dough and set aside
- Next, mix sugar and water in a saucepan and bring it to a boil.
- Add dumplings to the syrup and cook for 15 minutes with lid partially covered. The dumplings will puff up.
- Turn off the flame and set aside to cool down
- In a heavy base saucepan, bring milk to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium.
- Cook milk until it becomes thick and creamy (almost half of the amount with which you started). Stir occasionally to prevent its sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Add 5 tbsp of sugar and cardamom powder; cook for another 5 minutes and turn off the flame.
- Let the milk sauce cool. On cooling, add the cheese dumplings, squeezing out any sugar syrup before adding them to the sauce
- Garnish with slivered almonds and pistachios and serve
- Serves 4 people