You can make ras malai from cottage cheese or ricotta cheese and from dry milk too.Cottage cheese can be made at home from fresh milk. In the following recipe i used dry milk instead of cottage cheese. Hope you all like it.
Ingredients Of Ras Malai
- 1 cup dry milk powder
- 1 tbsp semolina
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 liter milk
- Sugar as required
- 1 tbsp oil
- Almonds and pistachios for garnishing, chopped
Method Of Ras Malai
- Mix the powdered milk, egg, oil,baking powder and semolina. Knead it well.
Once the dough is done mold it into small balls and then flatten the balls slightly.
Boil the milk with sugar and cardamom powder. As soon as the milk starts boiling add the balls in it.
The balls will tend to swell up , Lower the heat to simmer.Cook the milk with the balls for another 8- 10 minutes.
Remove it from the heat and let it cool.
Just before serving add some pistachios and almonds. Serve chilled.