Easy Rasmalai Recipe – My mom-in-law makes a quick and easy rasmalai using milk powder. While that’s great for days you don’t have time to make the chenna from scratch, etc, there’s another trick for making super easy rasmalai in 10 mins! This is perfect for festival days when you are making a variety of dishes and also have to cook your regular meals.
To make rasmalai from scratch: you need to split whole milk using a lemon, vinegar or curd, much like we make paneer at home. That cheese is then hung and squeezed dry, kneaded well, and shaped into balls which are then cooked in a milk base and soaked.
It’s delicious and not as difficult as it is time-consuming but when you can get a similar result in 10 mins, I am not picking the longer route. I am just not that kinda girl!
You may also like the following quick and easy Diwali sweets:
- 12 rasgulla
- ½ cup of condensed milk (adjust to level of sweetness preferred)
- 2 cups of milk (any fat content you prefer)
- 3 green cardamom seeds, powdered
- A few strands of saffron (optional)
- 2-3 tbsp of chopped nuts like almonds, pistachios, cashew nuts or a mix of what you have in hand
- Drain the rasgulla from the can and squeeze to remove any extra syrup inside. I used a lemon squeezer to make the job easier. Be gentle though, otherwise the rasgulla will crumble. You don't have to squeeze the life out of them, just get most of the syrup out so that our milk mixture can get in and soak up the ragullas nicely.
- Mix the milk and condensed milk and bring to boil
- Add the cardamom powder and saffron and simmer for 3-4 mins.
- Then add the drained rasgullas and chopped nuts.
- Mix well and let it simmer together for another minute.
- Remove from fire, let it cool down and refrigerate for a few hours.
- Serve chilled with more crushed nuts on top.
Step by Step Rasmalai Recipe:
I used a lemon squeezer to make the job easier. Be gentle though, otherwise the rasgulla will crumble. You don’t have to squeeze the life out of them, just get most of the syrup out so that our milk mixture can get in and soak up the ragullas nicely.
2. Mix the milk and condensed milk and bring to boil. Add the cardamom powder and saffron and simmer for 3-4 mins. Then add the drained rasgullas and chopped nuts. Mix well and let it simmer together for another minute.
3. Remove from fire, let it cool down and refrigerate for a few hours. Serve chilled with more crushed nuts on top.
Yum! Any milk-based sweet is right up on my list of favourites but rasmalai does hold a special place in both TH’s and my heart!
Hope you try this easy Rasmalai recipe this Diwali.
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Thanks for posting this yummy n quick recipe! my husband loves rasmalai and I tried this recipe (my first rasamali attempt) it turned out to be super tasty. My husband loved it!
Very easy to make and super tasty!
Thank you so much Archie! Do leave a 5-star rating for me next time 🙂
I have a small baby, hence a very tight schedule ! Had to make dessert for 15 people in 30 min and your trick worked like a charm !! Kudos to you !
so glad the rasmalai recipe worked for you 🙂
Amazing!!
I tried this recipe today. Sheer brilliance! Muchos Gracias!
Good receipie with a good idea. Added to my diwali cart. Geetha Swaminathan
Looks delicious and beautiful click too!
wow…so tempting, the pics are!! wanna bite now
I'm so happy you made this! And I am going to use the lemon squeeze idea next time (why didn't I ever think of that?) And now I am craving some. Sigh.
Lovely click. looks very appealing and tempting!
I love this recipe. Well done
Thats a super quick recipe for something that looks this good ! Like rasmalai way more than rasgullas. Great idea and beautiful pic…that green bowl is pretty !
wow what a great recipe. Thanks Nags!
Very nice….
It's finger licking delicious & tempting..
Even i make the same way, the only difference is i use sugar. I think condensed mik is a great idea, it will definitely give some richness to the dish.
As usual beautiful clicks!
The haldirams rasgullas are a handy one when i have guests and rich dessert to impress guest without much effort:)Super tempting rasmalais
Its nice even i too do the same.Its very easy if we have rasgulla and condenced milk.Some times koya also helps to make chum chum.
awesome recipe..i should try it soon
I make same too way…looks so yum
Wow You photos looks absolutely tempting…:) Feel like having it now…. Thanks for sharing
Can u pls share how to make with milk pwd of u know
you can find the recipe for making easy rasmalai with milk powder here https://www.cookingandme.com/2008/12/quick-and-easy-rasmalai-recipe.html
wow yummy tempting
please make an option to share with facebook.
A clever & quick way to serve this royal indian dessert!!! Must try :))
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Ras malai is my fav too.
i was like did she say 10 min! what a smart idea! i have never got a can of rasgullas.. will have to get it now nags… too much … its a what an idea sirjee moment!
Omg…I am staring to the clicks for long time now..What a click !
amazing…my husband loves rasgulla..this will be spl treat for him…
I have always like rasmalai more than rasgulla and now I know how to enjoy that can of rasgulla. This is brilliant idea!
It’s my all time favourite, thanks for this quick receipt..