Delicious Ras Malai Recipe

Ras Malai

Ras Malai a sub continental desert, which is prepared with milk, cream and malai. It is made up of sugar syrup, saffron and kheer stuffing. A homemade Ras Malai is prepared as a special desert with milk, flour, baking powder and oil. The dough is formed and molded into balls to be dropped into milk and cream for preparation. Ras Malai is basically, is believed to have found its origin in Bangladesh. The person who made this delicious desert possible is K.C Das somewhere around 1930’s. It is still the most famous desert of that region and is more commonly known as ‘Rasgulla’. Ras malai is not only liked among Bengali’s it is also famous in Pakistan and India as a well renowned dairy desert. The recipes for the Ras Malai may vary from region to region. In Bangladesh, Pakistan and India Ras Malai is a common dish but it’s prepared with different recipes. Let us consider the Ras Malai Recipes for different regions:  
                                                                                                                               

●    Pakistani Recipe for Ras Malai 

➢    Ingredients
Dry milk powder 2 cups
Baking powder 2 tsp
All-purpose flour 1tsp                                                                 
Ghee 2 tbsp
Egg 2
Milk 2
Sugar 2 cups
Green cardamom 8-10
Pistachio as required

➢    Method for preparation

1. Bring boil in milk add cardamom and sugar.
2. Cook milk for 5-10 minutes.
3. In a bowl put milk powder, plain flour and melted ghee and knead with beaten eggs and make soft medium dough.
4. Make small balls and add into milk cook on high flame and cook for 5 minutes.
5. Then lower the flame cook it for 10-15 minutes.
6. Garnish with pistachio and serve chilled.

●    Bangladeshi Rosomalai
➢    Ingredients
Liter Whole milk
2 tbl spoon of powder milk
Sugar to taste
Cardamom and cinnamon                                                      
A little more than 1/2 cup (half cup) of full cream powder milk (like half cup + 2 tbl spoon)
1 beaten egg (medium)
Less than 1 teaspoon ghee (level)
1 teaspoon sugar
A little more than 1/4th teaspoon baking powder
                                                                                      
➢    Method for preparation

1.    Boil the milk with cardamom and cinnamon and reduce a bit. Add Sugar and powder milk. Stir continuously or else it may get burnt at the bottom.
2.    Add the balls into the milk when it is in the boiling point. Just because the dough was sticky, you may not make fully round shape.
3.    After doubling up reduce the heat a little more and cook uncovered at medium low flame for at least 10/15 minutes.
4.    In another bowl combine powder milk and baking powder. Mix the egg mixture with it. It will form a very sticky dough. Keep it in the refrigerator for 5 minutes.


●    Indian Way of Making Ras Malai
➢    Ingredients
Homemade paneer (chenna) - 110 grams (make paneer from 1 liter of milk)
Semolina/rava (any rava) - 1 tsp
Cardamom - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 2 tsp
                                                                              
All-purpose flour or maida for dusting -1 tbsp

➢    Method for preparing
1.    . Preparing Paneer

2.    2.Preparing Rasgulla

3.    3 Preparing the Creamy saffron flavored milk or Ras for Ras Malai.