Rasmalai

Name: Rasmalai
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: 5 cups Milk; 2 tbsp Lemon Juice; 1 cups Sugar; 0.25 tsp Cardamom Powder; 8 strands Saffron; 10 pieces Pistachios; 3 cups Water

Soft flattened cottage cheese discs soaked in chilled, saffron-scented, cardamom-flavored thickened milk.

Total Time 60 mins

Difficulty Hard

Servings 4

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Ingredients

5 cups Milk Recipes →

2 tbsp Lemon Juice Recipes →

1 cups Sugar Recipes →

0.25 tsp Cardamom Powder Recipes →

8 strands Saffron Recipes →

10 pieces Pistachios Recipes →

3 cups Water Recipes →

Step-by-Step Instructions

Curdle 3 cups boiling milk with lemon juice, strain whey, rinse, and knead chenna smooth; shape into small flattened discs.

Boil discs in 0.5 cup sugar and 3 cups water for 15 minutes until doubled in size.

Simmer remaining 2 cups milk with remaining 0.5 cup sugar, saffron, and cardamom powder until reduced by half.

Squeeze sugar syrup gently from soft discs and submerge into warm thickened milk.

Chill in refrigerator for 3 hours, garnish with chopped pistachios, and serve.

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