Ras Malai
A short home-style guide to Ras Malai. Basics like salt, oil, haldi, red chilli, cumin, garam masala, ginger-garlic, vinegar, chilli sauce and ketchup are assumed.
Ingredients
- Milk (Doodh)No milk? Use milk powder mixed with water, or diluted tinned milk.
- Sugar (Cheeni)No sugar? Use jaggery (gur) or honey, added gradually.
- Yogurt (Dahi)No yogurt? Use milk with 1 tsp lemon juice, rested 10 minutes.
- PistachiosNo pistachios? Use almonds or cashews.
Method
- Curdle hot milk with yogurt, press the soft chenna into patties and simmer in sugar water.
- Serve chilled in thickened cardamom milk with pistachios.