Ras Malai

Ras Malai are dumplings made from cottage or ricotta cheese soaked in sweetened, thickened milk delicately flavored with cardamom. Serve chilled and garnished with slivers of dried fruit.

You will need :-

• 250 g Paneer ( I made at home )
• 1/2 tsp plain flour
• 500 ml milk ( I used full fat )
• 200 ml cream
• 100ml evaporated milk
• 11/2 cup water
• 8-9 tbsp Sugar ( 4 for sugar syrup + 4-5 for milk syrup)
• saffron 7-8 threads soaked in milk
• Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
•  Handful Pistachio

Method:-
Place paneer in a bowl or plate, and mix it very well with your hand. when it goes smooth add plain flour to it and mix it again very well. Make small balls from this mix.( roughly 10-11).

Leave it a side. In a pressure Cooker bring water and sugar to boil. When sugar syrup starts to boil add paneer balls into it and cook till 2 whistle. ( it will take less than 10 minutes )

Mean while heat milk,sugar and cream in heavy bottom pan and let it simmer till it reduced to half...add cardamom powder and evaporated milk and switch of the heat.

Now remove balls from the sugar syrup and press them gently remove excess syrup and add them into ras...(milk syrup)...Leave them in there for 2-3 hours in the fridge... Garnish with pistachio and saffron...Ready to serve