HOMEMADE SPONGY RASGULLA (SWEET DISH)

HOMEMADE SPONGY RASGULLA

BENGALI SWEET DISH

BENGALI SPONGE RASGULLA is all favourite sweet dish. The method of making spongy rasgulla is little tricky,otherwise it is very easy to make at home.

INGREDIENTS:-

* Milk full cream - 1 ltr
* Lemon - 2 or make mixture of 1 and half tbsp lemon juice + 1 and half tbsp water to make milk curdle
* Sugar - 1 cup

* Water - 6 cup for syrup
* A few drops of rose essence

* sweet makhne or mishri  -equal to no of rasgulla

METHOD:-

1. In a wide & deep vessel, bring the milk to a boil. Mix same quantity of water into lemon juice. Then add this lemon juice to milk slowly 

2. Keep stirring and then add the remaining lemon juice. Keep stirring until the whey completely separates.

3. Switch off the heat and strain the paneer in a cheesecloth.

4. Wash the paneer with fresh water to wash away the sourness of the lemon.

5. Bring the edges of the cloth up and tie it together. Squeeze the excess water and hang the cloth above the sink for 30 minutes.

6. Give it a whizz in a blender or mixer to make it smooth and let out more water

7. Remove and knead well for 3 minutes by your palm. At the end of it, you should be able to make smooth balls out of the paneer easily

8. Kneading the paneer is very important. if you don't use blender then knead it for 10 minutes by hand.

7. Divide the paneer dough into equal size small portions and shape each portion into a smooth round ball.

8. Fill sweet makhana or mishri in each cheese(Paneer) ball

9. In a wide vessel, add the 1 cup of sugar and 6 cup water and bring to boil until sugar melt.

10. Now reduce the heat to medium flame and add the rasgullas carefully.

11. The size of the rasgulla will double on cooking in sugar syrup so remember to make smaller sizes than you would like the rasgullas to end up as.

12. Cover with a lid and cook for 10 -15 minutes. Open the lid occasionally

13. Then switch off the flame and let them cool completely like room temperature

12. After cool refrigerate it for 12 hours and serve chilled.

NOTE:-

* The only step that could go wrong is the kneading and rolling of chenna( paneer). It's best to get the chenna as dry as possible (no need to press like making paneer though) and then knead for a good 3-4 minutes to get it as smooth as possible. 

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