Cottage Cream Cheese Balls In Creamy Milk |
|
 |
Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 90 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 2 |
|
Ras Malai is a sweet dish found in the Pakistan Ingredients:
for the balls |
500 ml milk |
1/4 tbsp lime juice or citric acid |
200 ml water |
200 g sugar |
some flour , optional |
pinch of baking powder |
for the milk |
250 ml whole milk |
1/4 c sugar |
pinch of green cardamom powder |
handful of skinless blanched pistachios , slivered |
saffron strands |
Directions:
1. Cheese Balls :
2. Boil the milk .
3. Add the lime juice / citric acid drop by drop till the milk curdles completely and the liquid separates from the cheese.
4. Wash the cheese in water few times until the acid smell gone .
5. Strain the cheese .
6. Hang it in a muslincloth for about an hour until all the water drip away
7. Blend the cheese in a food processor or knead wit your hands until smooth .
8. Add the baking powder and flour to make sure it's not too sticky ( otherwise just omit it )
9. Divide into 6 balls and flatten it abit like patties .
10. Meanwhile , add the sugar to the boling water
11. Once the sugar dissolves , simmer .
12. Add the patties to the milk
13. Simmer on low heat for 20 mins or so , till the patties becomes double in size
14. Add the cardamom and saffron to the water.
15. Drain and set aside .
16. CREAMY MILK :
17. Simmer the milk until it becomes half the quantitty .
18. Add the cardamom powder and the sugar .
19. Cool and chill .
20. Pour it over the cheese balls and chill for another few mins .
21. Sprinkle with the saffron strands and the pistachios.
22. Serve Chilled .
|
|