Ras Malai

This  one  is  consider as the  king of  milk sweet and  they  say  its  heavenly.I  have not tasted it as i  dont  like milk sweet , but  i  could not  keep  my   hands from trying  it  as its  my  mom favorite and  i wanted Rhea and  bass to  enjoy it as well. I made this  especially  for  my Mom. i am sure  she  would have  loved  it and appreciated my efforts.
Mom  this  is  for   u .

 Ingredients

 To  Make  Paneer

•  1 1/2 lts of milk (use any  milk  u  like   i  used the  whole  milk)
• 2-4 tsp of  vinegar  or  lemon juice 
• nice chesse cloth (  i used  white  thin cotton dupatta)  
• ice  cubes

 How  I made it .

 In a  nice  big  vessel take  in your milk , keep on medium flame and  bring  it  to a  boil, once  it  comes to a rolling  boil , add  diluted  vinegar or  lemon juice  to it  and  keep  stirring , the  milk will start  curdling once u  see the  water seperating  add ice  cubes and  switch of the  flames . The  addition of ice  cube  is to  stop furthur curdling of the milk . Strain out all the water  and  take  the  cheese/ paneer in ur  chesse cloth, close  all the  four  ends of the  cloth, like   making a   knot, squeeze out all the   water ,   rinse  with fresh  water  to remove the  last traces of  vinegar, now  tie a  knot  hang it for  30 -40 mins so that all the water is drained.  Your paneer for Ras malai is  ready.

To  Make the Ras ( milk sause)

Ingredients

• 1 lts Milk
• sugar
• Cardamom Powder
• Nuts (pista and badam)
• saffron strands.

In another  big vessel take  milk and  keep in a  low  flame , bring the  milk to boil , add strands of  saffron.You get a  nice  mild yellow  colour  and  keep stirring , its  its  reduced to half of the volume. Once the  volume is  reduced add sugar and  nuts. Keep it aside to cool.

To make the  paneer dumplings .

Take the  paneer that  was  made , and knead  it slightly  so that  it becomes  soft  and smooth , take a  small bit and  with the  help of   your palm  make a  small  dumpling and  the  press it  to  flatten it .  In  another  big  bowl  take  sugar and  water  in 1: 5  ratio, that  is  1 cup of  sugar and  5 cups  of  water.  Bring it  to a  rolling  boil once its  boiling add these  5-6 dumplings  to it , and  cover it . Boil the  dumplings for about 5-6 mins. you can see that the dumpling   have increased in  volume and  has become soft and  fluffy. Strain them and  add them to the  Ras /milk cream u  prepared in step 2 .Repeat the  same  process for all the  dumpling  made . Note that  the  sugar syrup dosent   get  thick.
Keep the  Rasmalai in the fridge and  serve it cold.