Bengali Rasgulla

This is my first recipe post in my Ootupura.. So starting this blog off with a sweet recipe.. Learned this one from by Bengali friend and tried it out. Came out really good. Here goes the recipe for Bengali Rasgulla..


Preperation Time : 15-20 min

Ingredients:
Milk - 4 cups
Lemon juice - 1/2 cup
Water - 4 cups
Sugar - 2 cups

Preparation Method
1) Boil milk in a vessel in high flame.
2) When the milk starts to boil, add the lemon juice to it slowly. Stir the mixture until the milk fat (paneer) and the water gets seperated.
3) Filter the mixture using a clean clothand Drain the water out of the mixture.
4) Once the water is drained out, wash the milk fat using some plain water to remove the lemon taste.
5) Press and rub the milk fat for around 1-2 minutes to remove the excess water.
6) Make 10-12 small balls from the milk fat (paneer).
7) Add sugar and to 4 cups of plain water and boil in a pressure cooker.
8) Once the sugar water mixture starts to boil, add the milk fat balls to it.
9) Close the cooker and boil in medium flame for 5-7 minutes (1 steam whistle).
10) After 5-7 minutes, open the cooker and transfer the contents (sugar mixture and Rasgulla) into another vessel.
11) Keep the contents in a refrigerator and allow it to cool. Serve the Rasgulla cold. :-)