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22 December 2008

Quick and Easy Rasmalai Recipe

Here is a recipe I have been dying to post. Its from my mother-in-law and its the most easy and quick rasmalai recipe ever! Promise!

But wait, what is rasmalai? Its sweetened, flattened or round balls of paneer (Indian cottage cheese) soaked in milk cream. Sounds yummy? That's 'cuz it is!

So in case you want to celebrate the holidays with some Indian dessert, whose sweetness level you can control, then this one is for you. Did I mention its super easy?

The recipe does use eggs, which would probably make the inventors of rasmalai turn in their graves, but the taste is not compromised one bit and there is no 'eggy' smell at all.

What I Used:

For the pieces

Milk Powder - 1.5 cups
Egg - 1

For the liquid base

Whole cream milk - 4 cups
Sweetened condensed milk - 1/2 tin (adjusting according to the size of your sweet tooth)
Crushed cardamom - 3
You can use other flavoring of choice like rosewater, pistachios, almonds, saffron, etc.

How I Made It:

1. Mix the egg and the milk powder together to form a thick, sticky dough-like mass. Divide into lemon sized balls and flatten gently on palms. If too sticky, dampen palms. Lay these flattened pieces without overlapping, on a tray.


2. Heat a wide bottomed pan and bring the milk to boil. Once it starts boiling, bring the heat to sim and gently, very gently, add the milk powder-egg discs to this.

3. You don't need to mix or stir much, but be careful to give the discs enough space from each other in the liquid. They will expand a bit when they start cooking.


4. After about 10 mins, add the crushed cardamom and. Let it cook for another 10 mins.

5. When the pieces have expanded considerably and seem soft and cooked through (take out once piece, break and check inside if the dough is still sticky), remove from fire.

6. Add the condensed milk when still hot and mix gently. Adjust amount according to sweetness required.

Chill before serving.

Now you can tell me you love me for this quick and easy rasmalai recipe :)


I am sending this to FIC - White over at Kitchen Flavours. 

60 Comments:

  1. Looks pretty n quite a different one!!!

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  2. Nags,that makes me drool..i havent experimented it yet..lemme try and see.btw,am adding you..hope to see you from now

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  3. A very different recipe from what I have known but great looking as always, Nags! The first picture looks very pretty!

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  4. tempting photos....different from the way i make them....u can check my version here
    http://gourmetaffair.blogspot.com/2008/10/rasmalai.html
    will try ur version next time....:-)

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  5. with eggs and milk powder??..have to try it sometime..looks really good..

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  6. Thats absolutely new way of making Rasmalai...a bengali sweet without chenna is something innovative-ly amazing .It looks so perfectly authentic that its hard to believe its not made as per rule of thumbs

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  7. I have to say, these look delicious. Thanks for posting this!

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  8. Looks good and I usually make with ready made rasgullas...this sounds good:)

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  9. This is just too good... egg or no egg, I am totally digging this.

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  10. yes this is the easiest recipe i have ever seen. unfortunately i can't try coz it has eggs :( i have heard of one more recipe.. which is also easy.. buy readymade haldirams rosgullas, squeeze the liquid from each ball, run the balls in cold water and then drop them in thick milk+condensed milk mixture.. i have not tried.. but going to try later.

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  11. Awesome recipe... I am sooo going to make this :)

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  12. Thats a nice recipe! Will try your version soon!

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  13. Lovely Lovely recipe..Pic is superbbbb..:)

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  14. Wow simply irrestiable recipe. Makes me drool. Thank you for sending it down to FIC.

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  15. Rasmalai...my favourite....my Rasmalai recipe is almost similar to this one...but without condensed milk....you can see my version in my place...

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  16. thats an easy recipie..merry christmas Nags..are you going home for your first christmas after wedding?

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  17. wow this version of rasamalai is really easy to do!
    join in the savory event going in my blog!

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  18. wonderful! what a simple recipe indeed!:-)

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  19. I just stumbled on your blog - I think I will be back!

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  20. Hi Nags nice to see you. :-)

    Your rasmalai looks so elegant and delicious. We love Indian sweets and this is just wonderful. :-)

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  21. This sounds so good. Nice recipe, this is a very unique procedure for rasmalai. Really wanted to try this out. Nicely presented....

    YUM!

    Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!

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  22. Nags..
    Wonderful..Thanks a lot for sharing this recipe
    love
    veena

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  23. Now I remember why I've been staying away from food blogs lately... temptations... :)
    Happy Holidays N!

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  24. Eggs, milk and rasmalai, eh? Er ... I'm no purist but ... :-)

    Happy New Year, Nags!

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  25. Happy holidays to you !! Love rasmalai.. feel tempted to have some now.

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  26. Quite simple n easy to fix. Gr8 idea girl!

    Happy new year to you!

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  27. Wow, that really is a simple recipe! Thanks for sharing.

    Thanks for adding us as a friend on Foodbuzz. I love your site. We welcome you to come visit ours!

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  28. eggs ? I really don't think such a decadent dish deserves to be killed this way. Please respect the dish and not ruin it by your WILD imaginations and SHORT cuts.

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  29. Anon - You are entitled to your opinion. Same as me. Now don't make me bring out my bad self and kick your sorry ass. One more nasty comment from a crappy anon person, I hunt down your IP address and make you pay! Get it?

    My blog, my recipes, my rules!!!

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  30. Rasgollas and Rasmalai are the two Bengali sweets I like. These look delicious. I've never seen a recipe using eggs though. :)

    A very very happy new year, Nags.

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  31. Just came in to recheck the recipe and I'm so happy at the reply you gave to the*crappy anon person*..way to go!! Your blog,your recipes,your rules!!!

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  32. Divya - I had forgotten how crazy that answer was :D hahaha.. thanks!

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  33. Here is a funny thing, we in pakistan make it with a similar recipe all the time.I put 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1tsp oil in the pieces too.

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  34. Anon - really? I think there are lots of similarities between Pakistani and Indian cuisine anyway. I know the tandoor cooking is common too :)

    But tell me, why do you add the baking powder? Does it make it softer or spongier?

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  35. Discs are hard. Even after cooking it for longer time. Why dont they become soft.

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  36. The discs usually get hard if the milk powder:egg ratio is not right. ie, the milk powder quantity is higher. make sure you add maybe half a beaten egg in that case and try again. you can also try adding 1tsp or so milk if that happens.

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  37. Hi there, I tried your recipe and it came ABSOLUTELY perfect!! One thing I did differently was to add the condensed milk and cardamom before putting in the discs so that stirring the discs cud be kept to a minimum.Thanks a lot. I will be making this again.

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  38. Quite simple n easy to fix. Gr8 idea girl!

    Happy new year to you!

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  39. thats an easy recipie..merry christmas Nags..are you going home for your first christmas after wedding?

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  40. MMMMHHHHH this is so easy and YUMMMMMMYYYYYYY
    Thanks so much xo

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  41. what milk pwder do you use for this recipe?

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  42. full fat milk powder, any brand should work

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  43. i am a student at the university of hong kong and i tried ur recipe cuz i was homesick and it felt too easy to make. i got the correct shape and it looked deicious....

    but the core of the balls was too hard :((
    anyways thanks for the recipe!! greatly appreciated

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  44. its because the discs were not cooked through. so you need to simmer them for longer, in the milk.

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  45. Hi! :)

    Lovely recipe. Mom used to make it the exact same way when I was a kid. It was very popular in Saudi Arabia back then.

    Except mom used 1 tsp baking powder and 1 tbsp maida too...Don't know technicalities of what difference they make or why...But that helps make perfectly round balls

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  46. I was browsing through your photography tips when I was led to this beautiful page. (Ok, I saw ras malai and the photography tips went out the window.) Man. I have never heard of a ras malai that contains egg. But I'm sure it helped tremendously in fluffing up the balls. And such a quick recipe compared to the chhana making! Bookmarked!

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  47. yeah this is my mother-in-law's shortcut rasmalai recipe! comes out beautifully although admittedly doesn't take as "great" as the original.

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  48. Awesome recipe !! and really love the way you kicked some "anonymous" butt ... I can't stop laughing. On another note, thanks for stopping by my site and for the lovely comment....Shinta

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  49. hehe thanks, you made me smile after reading it again.

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  50. One of the easiest and softest ras mali recipies.

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    1. so glad you liked the rasmalai recipe. it's much quicker and easier than the traditional rasmalai recipe

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  51. Anitha santosh6 April 2012 01:33

    love u nag it was speachles

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  52. Is it possible to make this Recipe using balls instead of flattened discs?? Many thanks.

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    1. yes sure. just make them small so that the insides of the rasmalai balls cook properly too. hope you try and like the recipe!

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  53. hey..
    ur dish looks yum...i am definitely going to try it...
    it would be a pleasure if u could tell me the egg and milk powder ratio u know just in case of emergency .....:-)

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    1. the measurements are given in the recipe already bhavya. 1 egg : 1.5 cups milk powder

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    2. oh yeah thanks

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