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Ras Malai

January 20, 2014 By Manu 12 Comments

Ras Malai

It is time again for the “Secret recipe club” reveal!  I am sure you all know what the club is about, but for the few of you who still don’t know about it, here goes a brief explanation.  It is a great concept… each month you are assigned a participating food blogger to make a recipe from and in turn someone else will be assigned your blog.  All you have to do is choose a recipe, make it and blog about it on the specified date.  The only rule is to keep it a secret!  If you are interested in learning more, or want to join the club, please visit the Secret recipe club website.
So, the SRC is back after taking a break over the Christmas holidays!  This month’s assignment was very exciting for me as I was paired with Nayna of Simply.Food!  Nayna lives in the UK and is of Indian origins!  You know how much I love Indian food, so I had a blast browsing through all her delicious recipes.  I pinned so many of them, my head started spinning!  I had to resort to my husband and he picked one for me!  Having a HUGE sweet tooth, he chose a dessert: Ras Malai.  This very popular Indian dessert is made up of sweet paneer balls, cooked in sugar syrup until fluffy and served in a creamy milk sauce flavoured with cardamom and saffron.  The final dish is then garnished with nuts!  Need I say more?  I don’t think so…  My kids devoured it and my husband declared it a big success, and considering his expertise in the sweet department, I am quite satisfied with how this recipe turned out!  I’d like to dedicate this post to my mother in law as she really likes Ras Malai! <3
Thank you so much for such a scrumptious recipe Nayna!  Please, make sure you drop by Simply.Food and check out Nayna’s beautiful site!

Ras Malai

Ras Malai
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Ras Malai

The recipe for a delicious Indian dessert: Ras Malai - paneer balls cooked in sugar syrup and served in a creamy milk sauce.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Author Recipe adapted from Simply Sensational Food

Ingredients

Milk Syrup

  • 750 ml – 3 cups milk
  • 60 gms – 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 large pinch saffron
  • 1 tsp cardamom powder

Paneer

  • 1 lt – 4 cups milk
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp all purpose flour maida

Sugar Syrup

  • 625 ml – 2.5 cups water
  • 60 gms – 4 tbsp sugar

Garnish

  • 1 tbsp pistachios chopped
  • 1 tbsp almond slivers
  • Few strands of saffron

Instructions

Milk Syrup

  1. In a heavy bottomed pan, add the milk and bring to a boil.
  2. Add the saffron and let the milk simmer on low heat, stirring so it doesn't burn, until the milk reduces of half (this will take approximately 40 minutes).
  3. Then add the sugar and stir to dissolve it. Add the cardamom powder and stir well. Remove from the heat and keep it aside.

Paneer

  1. In a heavy bottomed pan, add the milk and bring to a boil.
  2. Add the lemon juice and stir. The milk will curdle and separate.
  3. Leave it untouched for 5 minutes, then place a muslin cloth in a colander and gently pour the separated milk in it.
  4. Run cold water over the separated milk to remove any traces of lemon juice.
  5. Squeeze out the excess water from the paneer, wrap it in the muslin cloth and place a heavy object over it to help drain all the water out.
  6. Leave it like that for 30 minutes.
  7. After 30 minutes transfer the paneer to a bowl, add the flour and knead well to form a soft dough.
  8. Roll out 12 walnut sized balls from the paneer making sure there are no cracks. Flatten them slightly (like patties) and keep them under a damp tea towel.

Sugar Syrup

  1. In a wide-bottomed saucepan with a lid, add 2.5 cups of water and 4 tablespoons of sugar.
  2. Allow the syrup to boil, then add the paneer balls into it.
  3. Cover the pan and let the paneer balls cook for 15-20 minutes on low heat.
  4. When ready, the paneer balls will be spongy and will have doubled in size.
  5. Let them cool down a bit and when you can handle them, remove them from the sugar syrup. Slightly press each ball between your palms to remove the excess sugar syrup.
  6. Place the squeezed balls in the milk syrup made in step one. Let them cook on low heat for a couple of minutes so they soak up the milk syrup.
  7. Transfer the Ras Malai to a serving dish, let it cool down and refrigerate it.
  8. Just before serving, garnish with chopped pistachios, almond slivers and a few strands of saffron.
  9. Serve cold.

Ras Malai

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Filed Under: Cheese, Desserts, Indian, Tea Time, The Secret Recipe Club Tagged With: cheese, dessert, Indian, milk, paneer, ras malai, secret recipe club, sweets, tea time

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Comments

  1. Adri says

    January 20, 2014 at 6:54 pm

    Oh my, but this is something completely new to me. It sounds utterly intriguing. I am so glad you made this!

    Reply
  2. A Couple in the Kitchen says

    January 21, 2014 at 1:07 am

    That sounds heavenly! What a great mix of flavors and textures!

    Reply
  3. Aisha says

    January 21, 2014 at 1:27 am

    My neighbour from Pakistan shared with me her home made ras malai and I loved it. I never guessed that that balls where made with paneer.
    I take note of the recipe 🙂

    Reply
  4. sallyBR says

    January 21, 2014 at 2:29 am

    Beautiful recipe! I had never heard of it, I love Indian food but rarely order desserts, so now I have something to dream about… This seems like the type of dessert I would love, creamy, and perfumed with saffron, one of my favorite spices!

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  5. Karen - Cinnamon Freud says

    January 21, 2014 at 6:16 am

    Never heard of ras malai before, but it sounds amazing! Definitely going to have to give it a try, I made a resolution this year to try more new cuisines and dishes.

    Reply
  6. Nayna Kanabar says

    January 21, 2014 at 6:30 am

    Thankyou for cooking from simply.food.I am so glad you enjoyed cooking the ras malai ,it is a fairly challenging dish and you have executed it brilliantly.It looks really delicious.

    Reply
  7. Deanna Segrave-Daly says

    January 21, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    I have never heard of this dessert but it looks and sounds divine! I rarely cook Indian food but I do enjoy it so this is a good start. Love seeing your posts 🙂

    Reply
  8. Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet} says

    January 21, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    I love learning about the food from various cultures! This looks like one tasty dish!

    Reply
  9. Karen says

    January 21, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    Nayna has some LOVELY recipes! These look absolutely wonderful what a great SRC pick! Karen visiting from Group C too!

    Reply
  10. Liz says

    January 22, 2014 at 8:55 am

    What a gorgeous dessert, Manu….and I love how the SRC exposes me to dishes I’ve never seen before 🙂

    Reply
  11. Margaret says

    January 23, 2014 at 2:43 am

    I also love Indian food. But am only one in the house now who does. This looks really tasty!! And love the flavors!

    Reply

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