Rasmalai

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Rasmalai
Preparation time:        30 min                           VEGETARIAN
Cook time: Less than 15 min

INGREDIENTS:
For Dough:
1 litre milk
5 cups water
2 lemons

For Rabadi (thick sweetened milk):
1 cup granulated sugar
½ litres milk
1 pinch saffron
½ teaspoon cardamom powder
1 tbsp. pistachios chopped
1 tbsp. almonds chopped.
PREPARATION
1.      Boil the milk. Then add lime juice with little water until the milk curdles.
2.      Strain it in a muslin cloth with water. Wash the mixture and remove the excess water.
3.      Mix the soft strained mixture with ½ tsp all-purpose flour and make a soft dough.
4.      Make small balls out of the dough and flatten them gently between your palms. Make sure that they don’t break.
5.      Mix five cups of water and one cup sugar in a pan and boil. Place the flattened balls carefully into the boiling mixture.
6.      Cover the pan and let it boil for 15 minutes. Strain the dough.
7.      When cool, place one by one in your hand and press gently so that the absorbed water comes out. Do not press hardly as it may break.
8.      Place all the shaped dough directly into the Rabadi.
9.      Garnish with pistachios and almonds. Refrigerate before use.

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