Rasmalai Recipe, How to make best soft Rasmalai at home

• Condiments

  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom
  • 7 Cardamom, green
  • 2 Generous pinches Saffron/kesar
  • 2 tsp Semolina or 1 teaspoon cornflour
  • 1 cups Sugar
  • 1 Sugar

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 3 Almonds
  • 3 Pistachios

• Dairy

  • 5 cups Milk, full-fat
  • 750 ml Milk, full-fat

• Liquids

  • 1/2 tsp Kewra essence /rose water
  • 1 tbsp Kewra water
  • 5 cups Water

• Other

  • Silver leaf to garnish

Found on rachnas-kitchen.com

Description

Ingredients

• For rasgulla sponges
• 5 cups full fat milk
• 2 to 3 tbsp lemon juice, add as required
• 1 cups sugar
• 5 cups water
• 2 teaspoon semolina or 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 1 tbsp kewra water
• ½ tsp cardamom powder (elaichi powder)
• For Ras (Milk Syrup)
• 750 ml/3 cup Full fat milk
• 7- 8 Green Cardamom, peeled and pounded
• ½ Teaspoon Kewra essence /rose water
• 2 Generous pinches Saffron/Kesar
• A few blanched almonds
• Sugar to taste
• A few Pistachios, finely chopped
• Silver leaf to garnish

Directions

• First prepare the thickened milk (ras) for rasmalai
• Place a heavy bottom deep pot on medium flame.
• Add 2 teaspoon water. Now add 3 cups milk to pot and boil.
• Adding water to pan ensures that milk will not stick to the bottom.
• Bring the milk to a boil.
• Add saffron, pounded green cardamom and blanched almonds.
• Simmer the milk on low heat. Stir every 2 to 3 minutes to prevent boiling.
• Add sugar to taste and simmer until the milk reduces to half the quantity.
• Add kewra essence and switch off the flame.
• Set this aside to cool.
• To make rasgulla you can read this detailed recipe of ragulla with step by step pictures
• Once the rasgulla and ras(milk) are ready then follow below steps..
• Gently press the sponges in between your palm and soak it in prepared thickened milk(ras).
• Dont apply too much pressure otherwise rasgulla will break.
• Decorate it with pistachio and silver leaf.
• Serve it chilled.
• You can see how puffy and netty rasmalai has come out.
• I have tried this recipe for several time and each time it comes out perfect.
• Do try it and hope it will turn out good.