Ras Malai Recipe
Ras Malai is dumplings made from cottage or ricotta cheese soaked in sweetened, thickened milk delicately flavored with cardamom.
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- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- Paneer made from 1 liter of milk (recipe below)
- 1-liter full cream/ whole milk
- ½cup sugar
- 1tablespoon cardamom powder
- 4cups water
- 1cup sugar
- ½cup thinly sliced almonds or pistachios
Instructions
Step 1
Mix the water and 1 cup of sugar in a pan and boil till all the sugar is dissolved. Turn off the fire and keep syrup aside.Step 2
Knead the Paneer ( How to make Paneer ) in a platter till very smooth. Make into balls slightly smaller than the size of a walnut and flatten slightly in the center.Step 3
When the Paneer balls are made, reheat the syrup to boiling, then simmer and gently drop in the Paneer balls. Cook for 10 minutes. Turn off fire.Step 4
In another pan boil the 1 liter of full cream milk with the 1/2 cup of sugar, till reduced/thickened to 75 percent of its original volume. Turn off the fire, add the cardamom powder and mix well.Step 5
Add the syrup soaked paneer balls (after draining) to the milk mixture and chill for a few hours.Step 6
Before serving, garnish with slivers of dried fruit.