Rakshabandan Festival Special.
Rasmalai is originated from the state of Orrisa. It is one of the famous desserts consumed in almost every part of Indian sub-continent. High in protien and healty fats. Its so yumm that when served chilled it tastes better than ice cream,
Let’s start cooking.
Ingredients you willl need:
1 litre Milk for making malai and 1 liter for ras(milk syrup), 2 table spoons lemon juice or vinegar, Corn flour, 300 gm sugar, sliced cashew, pista and elaichi.
Things to keep in mind:
- Panner should be soft.
- Dough should be kneaded slowly.
- Malai should be cooked on medium flame.
- Panner should be washed with fresh water(If lemon juice is used to curd the milk).
Cooking:
- Boil 1 liter milk and turn off the stove.
- Wait for 2 min and add lemon juice or 2 tp vinegar to the boiled milk. Keep stirring the milk while adding vinegar.
- Wait for the milk to get curdled and wash the panner with fresh water 2-3 times till the lemon taste is gone.
- Drain the remaining water using a soft cloth or musli cloth.
- Take the paneer dough on to a plate and start kneading slowly.
- Add half spoon of corn flour to the paneer to make it softer.
- After 5 min of kneading, make equal portions and press them softly with your palms.
Sugar syrup for cooking malais:
- Boil 1.25 liter of water and add 300 gm of sugar till the sugar melts completely.
- Add elaichi powder to the boiling water.
- Add flattened paneer to the water very slowly so that the water boils continously.
- You should cook them for 15-20 mins, you should keep checking them every 5 minutes.
- You can flip the malais in between so they are properly cooked.
- After malais are cooked, turn off the stove and let them rest.
Rabri preparation(Thickened milk with sugar).
- Boil 1 liter of milk and keep it on medium flame.
- Add 250 gm of sugar to the boiling milk and keep on medium flame till the milk becomes half.
- Roast the cashew and pista with a ting of ghee and add them to the milk.
- Make sure that you’re stirring the milk every 2 mins and milk is properly condensed.
- Turn off the stove and let it cool down.
Adding malais or paneer to milk:
After the rabri is cooled down, take each panner piece and drain the excess sugar syrup gently with a spoon. Slowly add the paneer discs and refrigerate for 4 hours.
Garnish however you want and enjoy.