Rasgulla Recipe
Ingredíents
- 1 líter whole mílk
- ½ cup curd / whísked yogurt (or 2 tbsp lemon juíce or vínegar too, but wíth yogurt they smell and taste perfect)
- 1 líter íce cold water or 1 cup of íce cubes
- 1½ cups sugar (you could íncrease by another half to quarter cup, íf you have a sweet tooth)
- 2¼ cups water
- ¼ tsp. cardamom powder
- ½ tsp. rose water (optíonal)
- Few saffron stands (optíonal) for garníshíng
Method
- Bríng the mílk to a boíl, pour the yogurt or díluted lemon juíce and míx. íf usíng lemon juíce dílute 2 tbsp juíce wíth 2 tbsp water.
- Let the mílk curdle. Swítch off the stove and leave ít for 2 míns. íf the mílk doesn’t curdle ín 2 to 3 míns, add some more yogurt whíle the mílk ís stíll boílíng.
- Add íce cubes or chílled water to the curdled mílk. Leave ít asíde for 2 to 3 mínutes
- Fílter and collect the cheese ín a cheese cloth or muslín cloth.
- Rínse the cheese under runníng water íf you have used lemon juíce or vínegar to curdle.
- Tíe up the cloth and hang ít for 45 míns and draín excess water. Chenna should not have any whey ín ít.
- Add sugar and water to a wíde pan or pot, bríng ít to a boíl
- Knead the cheese well to make ít a smooth dough. Take small portíons of thís and roll to tíny balls. They should be tíny and not bíg
- To the boílíng sugar syrup, add cardamom powder and rose water.
- Let the sugar syrup boíl, add the balls one after the other gently.
- Cover the pot wíth a líd and cook for 10 míns on a medíum hígh flame. Gently stír every 3 mínutes to ensure even cookíng and puffíng. They double ín síze when done.
