Create pillows of soft ras malai swimming in a pool of sweet milk rabdi. I know how to do it. Take a liter of milk and reduce it, till it is thick and creamy and add the sugar. Heat another liter of milk, curdle it with lemon juice. Scoop the soft paneer and squeeze the water out of it, every last drop. Then gather it in a fine muslin cloth and let it hang for half an hour. Smoothen the cheese in the food processor or knead it till you get a soft dough. Make spheres out of the cheese and drop them gently in a boiling light syrup of six parts of water to one part of sugar. Steam for five minutes, reveling in the new gigantic shape the cheese balls acquire. Cool these soft spongy balls of bliss and pour the rabdi on top. Sure I could, but what after that. Face the world again. I am not ready for that yet.
I changed my method a little. After the balls are ready , I pressure cook them till one whistle. And the precisely after 5 minutes, I remove the lid, after pouring cold water over it. They turned out spongier.
ReplyDeleteI also used tartarate instead of lemon juice. And cheese cloth is a waste- I just use a clean cotton handkerchief to separate the cheese. Also shouldn't hang it for long - or else it beoomes too dry.