Rasmalai

A very familier recipe which is made by many of us to celebrate happiness of our life. This recipe made me wondering why I have not posted it on my blog when I make it several times a year? So I made it for "Karthika Monday" & posted it here on my blog.

Ingredients: 

For Paneer paties

4 Cups milk (2% fat milk)

1 Big lemon 

2 Cups water 

1 Cup sugar 

For flavor milk 

4 Cups milk (2% fat milk) 

1 Cup sugar

Pinch of saffron 

1 Tsp elachi/cardamon powder 

Few roasted almonds & pistachios for garnishing

Here is a almost step by step recipe process for making paneer patties.. 

As seen in the above picture take milk in a vessel & boil it on a medium heat.Once it boils add the the lemon juice to milk & keep stirring it till the milk breaks as shown in second picture.

Once the milk separates from water stain it on a cloth.Now be carful with the staining process as the contents are very hot. Once it is cool squeeze the water out as shown in the middle picture. Run thru water to remove lemon flavor from paneer. Then it's time to put something heavy to remove the leftover water. I used my mortar to remove rest of the water as shown in the last picture.

After 1hr the paneer should been hard enough to make a smooth ball out of it. So scramble the paneer as shown in the middle and then make a smooth ball while kneading the paneer. 

Divide the paneer in to 12 equal parts or as you wish. Now make 12 patties as shown in the first picture & keep aside. 

Take water & sugar in a pressure cooker. Bring it to boil & drop the patties as shown above. (I made 11 patties & boiled them in two batches). Close the lid & cook them on medium heat with no whistle till the steam comes out  or cook for 12 mins & switch off the heat.

Remove patties & squeeze it to remove a little extra water remained in it. ( Don't squeeze too much or the patties will be tasteless). Keep them aside & start making the milk liquid.

For Milk gravy/base:

In a heavy bottomed vessel take milk,saffron streaks & reduce it to 2 cups milk. To that add sugar, patties, cardamon & almonds. Boil them for 5 mins & switch off heat. 

Serve it chilled.