How To Make Perfect White Rasgulla (वाइट रसगुल्ला)- Bengali Rosogulla–Paneer / Chena Rasgulla

Ingredients –

  1. Whole milk – 1 liter
  2. Lemon – 1-2 (you can also use vinegar)
  3. Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  4. Cardamom powder – 2 pinch
  5. Pistachio (pista) for garnishing

Method –

  • To make rasgulla, you need to first make paneer/chena from the milk. You can also use unsalted paneer from market.
  • Heat whole milk in a non-stick pan and bring it to boil.
  • Keep stirring once a while.
  • When milk is boiled, remove the milk from heat and keep aside for 1-2minutes.
  • After 1-2 minute add lemon juice, as the milk starts to ferment stop adding lemon juice.
  • Once the milk is fermented, filter it and remove excess water.
  • Place a muslin cloth/cotton cloth in a strainer and put the fermented milk on it to separate remaining water from chena.
  • Put the sugar in a pressure cooker or pan with lid, add 2.5 cup of water and cardamom powder in it and allow sugar chashni to come to boil.
  • Now put chena on the plate and using your hand press for 5-6 minutes until chena becomes completely smooth (You can use blender also).
  • Take the small portions of chena in your hand and shape them into balls.
  • Roll the chena balls between your palms and keep all of them on a plate.
  • Once sugar syrup starts boiling add 1 tsp milk, after adding milk a brownish froth will start appearing on the surface of the chashni, remove all the forth using a spoon.
  • Now put all the paneer balls in boiling chashni and close the lid of the pressure cooker. Cook on high flame until it simmers (whistle) once.
  • Reduce the flame to medium heat and cook for 13-15 minutes more while the lid is still closed.
  • Turn off the stove and let it cool down completely. Once the pressure cooker cools down open the lid.
  • Rasgullas has become puffy and doubled in size.
  • Now take them out in a bowl .
  • Garnish with pista powder and serve it.

Khoya / Mawa Barfi (खोया बर्फी )- Milk Khoya Burfi–How To Make Barfi

Ingredients –

  • Mawa Or Khoya Or Dried evaporated milk solids – 2 cups
  • Milk Powder – 2 tbsp.
  • Sugar Powder – 3/4 cups (as per your taste)
  • A tray covered with Aluminum foil

For Garnishing –

  1. You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds , Silver warq (optional)

Method –

  1. Crumble it the khoya nicely.
  2. Add khoya, milk powder and sugar powder into the pan.
  3. Begin to cook on a low heat stirring.
  4. Sugar melts and makes the mixture gooey.
  5. Keep stirring for 3-4 minutes so it doesn’t burn..
  6. When the mixture becomes slightly thick and start leaving the side of the pan.
  7. Switch off the heat.
  8. Transfer this to the foil and spread it with the spatula.
  9. Allow it to cool down for 10 minutes.
  10. After 10 minutes garnish with sliver warq.
  11. Keep it in fridge for sometime, so it can settle down.
  12. Once the khoya barfi cool down, remove Aluminum foil from khoya mixture.
  13. Cut to desired shapes with knife.
  14. Khoya Barfi is ready to serve.
  15. Refrigerate and use with in 4 to 5 days.

How To Make Flavored Paneer(स्वादिष्ट पनीर )–Indian Herbs Paneer–Party Starters–Cottage Cheese

Ingredients –

  • Whole milk –1 liter.
  • Lemon or vinegar.
  • Whole Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp.
  • Red chili flakes (as per your taste).
  • Salt to taste.
  • Chopped Garlic – 1 tbsp.
  • Chopped Coriander leaves/Mint leaves/Garlic leaves – 1 tbsp.

Method –

  1. Bring the milk to boil on medium heat.
  2. When milk comes to boil, switch off the heat.
  3. Add the lemon juice or vinegar and gently stir the milk.
  4. If the milk does not curdle within a short while, add little more vinegar.
  5. Add all ingredients into the curdle milk and mix well.
  6. Place Muslin or Cotton cloth over the container.
  7. Pour the curdle milk into the muslin cloth, drain all the water and squeeze off excess water.
  8. You can use this water later for preparation of  roti/chapati or paratha dough or in vegetable curries.
  9. Add little water to the paneer, while the paneer is still in the muslin cloth to wash away the lemon flavor.
  10. Keep the muslin cloth on a plate, place a heavy object on it for the paneer to set.
  11. Allow the paneer to set for about 20-25 minutes.
  12. After 20-25 minutes remove the cloth from the paneer and cut it to cubes.
  13. Flavored Paneer is ready Enjoy!!!

आम की बर्फी–Mango Bafri–Summer Recipe- Mango Fudge Bars- Mango kalakand

Ingredients –

  • Mango Pulp – 2 Cups (Peel two big sized mangoes,  take out the pulp, grind it to a paste)
  • Sugar- 1/3 cups (as per your taste)
  • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp.
  • Dry Milk Powder – 1 1/2 tbsp.
  • Dry Coconut Powder – 1 1/2 tbsp.
  • Green cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp.
  • For Garnishing –
    Blanched Pistachio (Pista)

Method –

  1. Pour Ghee in the pan and heat it on medium heat.
  2. Once the ghee melts, add mango puree to it.
  3. Add dry milk powder, coconut powder and green cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp.
  4. Keep stirring, so it doesn’t burn.
  5. Take a tray and cover with Aluminum foil
  6. Cook  till the mixture forms a thick consistency
  7. When the mixture gets thick like a halwa, and starts to leave the corners of the pan.
  8. Turn off the heat.
  9. Immediately, pour this hot mixture into the tray and spread it evenly.
  10. Press it gently and sprinkle some Pista.
  11. Keep it in fridge for sometime, so it can settle down.
  12. Once Mango barfi  settled, cut it into pieces as per shape of your choice.
  13. Mango Barfi is ready to serve.
  14. Store in the refrigerator for a week.

फटे दुध से बनाये स्वादिष्ट बर्फी और लडू- Curdled Milk Barfi- Sour Milk Laddu/Ladoo/Katli

Ingredients –

  • Normal Milk / Curdled Milk
  • Sugar (as per your taste)
  • Dry milk powder – 1/2 cup
  • Dry coconut powder – 1/2 cup
  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Food color (optional) yellow
  • Green cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Ghee / Butter – ¼ tsp (if needed you can add )
  • Condensed milk (optional)

For garnishing –

  • You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds ,Silver warq (optional)

Method –

  1. Heat  milk in a pan and bring it to boil.
  2. Keep stirring once a while.
  3. When milk is boiled, turn off the heat.
  4. Add Vinegar, mix well as the milk starts to ferment stop adding Vinegar.
  5. Place a muslin cloth/cotton cloth in a strainer and put the fermented milk on it to separate remaining water from Paneer.
  6. Take a bowl, add crumbled paneer, coconut powder, sugar, dry milk powder, green cardamom powder and mix well.
  7. Heat a pan, add ghee on a medium heat.
  8. Add  paste  into a pan.
  9. Add coconut powder and mix well.
  10. Keep stirring for 3-4 minutes so it doesn’t burn..
  11. Once mixture is ready, turn off the heat.
  12. Apply ghee / butter on the plate (If you like you can use aluminum foil)
  13. Pour the mixture and then spread it evenly.
  14. Press it gently.
  15. You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds ,Silver warq (optional).
  16. Let it cool down for sometime, so it can settle down.
  17. Once Curdled milk barfi  settled, cut it into pieces as per shape of your choice.
  18. Refrigerate to keep it fresh for up to 1 week.

For ladoo / Laddu –

  1. Take small portion of mixture, roll them into small ball.
  2. Coat with dry coconut powder .
  3. You can garnishing with tutti frutti, Blanched Pistachio (Pista),  almonds ,Silver warq (optional).
  4. Curdled milk ladoo is ready to serve.
  5. Refrigerate to keep it fresh for up to 1 week.

Chom Chom Recipe(बड़ी आसानी से बनाये मार्केट जैसा चम् चम् मिठाई) –Bengali sweet Recipe

Ingredients –

  1. Whole milk – 1-2 liter
  2. Lemon (you can also use vinegar)
  3. Sugar – (as per your taste)
  4. Few Whole Cardamom
  5. Food color (Red, Yellow) – as per your choice
  6. For coating – Dry coconut powder

Method –

For chena (paneer) –

  • Boil whole milk in a  pan on medium heat.
  • Keep stirring once a while.
  • When milk is boiled switch off the heat and start adding lemon juice, as the milk starts to ferment stop adding lemon juice.
  • Place a muslin/cotton cloth in a strainer and put the fermented milk in it, to separate remaining water from chena.
  • Add 1/2 cup water into the chena and squash.
  • Place the chena on the plate and mix well until its becomes smooth.
  • Divide the chena into three portions and add 2 drops of  food color in one portion and mix well.
  • You can add different colors for other portions if you want.
  • Take small portion of chena in your hand and shape it into small ball or cylinder shape.
  • Roll the chena balls between your palms and keep them on a plate.
  • Add 3 cups of water into the pan, cardamom powder, sugar and let it boil.
  • Now put all the chena balls in boiling sugar syrup and close the lid, Cook for 15-20 minutes on high heat.
  • After 15- 20 minutes open the lid and cook for other 5 -10 minutes.
  • Turn off the stove and let it cool down completely.
  • Now take them out in a strainer for 15-20 minutes to drain extra sugar syrup.
  • Coat with coconut powder or khoya .
  • Chom chom sweets are ready to serve..

Note –

  • You can also use readymade unsalted Paneer from market.

Rasmalai (रसमलाई)-Rasgulla Soaked In Milk Syrup-Indian Recipe-Festival Recipe

Ingredients

  1. Chena / Cottage cheese -1 cup
  2. Sugar (as per your taste)
  3. Whole milk – 1 liter
  4. Sliced dry fruits (as per your choice)
  5. Saffron (optional)- For color and aroma
  6. Whole Cardamom or powder

Method –

  • Put chena on the plate and using your hand press for 5-6 minutes until chena becomes completely smooth (You can use blender also).
  • Take small portion of chena in your hand and shape it into small balls.
  • Roll the chena balls between your palms, flatten it slightly.
  • Prepare rest of chena balls in the same way. 
  • To make flavored milk, bring the whole milk to boil in a pan on high to low heat.
  • Once milk is boiled, reduce the heat to medium temperature.
  • Keep stirring to avoid the milk sticking to the bottom of the container. 
  • When the milk become thicker, add sugar and cardamom powder to the milk.
  • You can use saffron instead of cardamom powder if you want.
  • Flavored milk is ready, turn off the stove.
  • In another utensil add sugar and water, cook till sugar is completely dissolved.
  • When chasni started boiling, put chena balls in boiling chashni and cook for 15-20 minutes on high heat.
  • Turn off the stove. Chena balls are ready, let it cool down completely.
  • In the final step take each chena balls from the sugar syrup squeeze gently and dip the chena balls to concentrated flavored milk.
  • Cook for 1-2 minutes on medium heat.
  • After 2 minutes turn off the heat, Rasmalai is ready.
  • Garnish with dry fruits and serve cold.

Peda (दूध और चॉकलेट के स्वादिष्ट पेडे)-Mathura Pede-Chocolate Peda-with Condensed Milk

Ingredients –

  • Crumbled Khoya / Mawa
  • Sweetened condensed milk (as per your taste)
  • Green cardamom powder
  • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp
  • Coco powder ( for chocolate Peda)
  • For Garnishing –
    Chopped Pista, Tutti frutti, Saffron and sprinkle

Method –

  1. Heat a pan, add Ghee, Khoya, condensed milk and cardamom powder.
  2. Mix and cook on a low heat.
  3. Cook until thick consistency and the mix leave the sides of the pan.
  4. Split the dough in two equal parts, one for dudh peda
    and another half for chocolate peda
  5. For making chocolate Peda add coco powder (as per your taste).
  6. Mix and Cook for 1 minute.
  7. Once ready, turn off the heat.
  8. Grease your palms with ghee and make small balls from the dough, roll it between your palms.
  9. Press with your thumb in the middle of it.
  10. Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
  11. Garnish the Peda (as per your choice).
  12. Peda is ready, refrigerate and use.

Pista Kalakand (मिनटों में बनाये स्वादिष्ट पिस्ता कलाकंद )-Kalakand Sweet-Condensed Milk-Milk Barfi

Ingredients –

  • Paneer (chena) – 1 cup
  • Milk – 1/2 cup
  • Condensed milk – 1/2 tin (as per your taste)
  • Chopped Pistachio (Pista)

Method –

  1. Add milk and condensed milk into the paneer, mix well.
  2. Now add chopped pista also and mix well.
  3. Keep some pista for garnishing.
  4. Heat a pan, add the mixture and cook on medium heat.
  5. Keep stirring for 3-4 minutes so it doesn’t burn..
  6. Cook till it becomes little dry.
  7. Once mixture is ready, turn off the heat.
  8. Apply ghee or butter paper on the tray.
  9. Pour the mixture and then spread it evenly across the tray.
  10. Sprinkle pistachio on the top and press it gently with a spoon.
  11. Keep it in fridge for sometime, so it can settle down.
  12. Once Pista Kalakand settled, cut it into pieces as per shape of your choice.
  13. Pista Kalakand is ready to serve.

Thandai Cold Drink / Holi Special Cold Drink

Enjoy… Smile

Ingredients-

  1. Poppy seeds (khuskhus) –1 tsp
  2. Fennel seeds –1 tsp
  3. Whole Green cardamom seeds or powder –1/2 tsp
  4. Whole milk –2 cup (boiled and cooled)
  5. Saffron (kesar) –few strands
  6. Almonds –9 -10
  7. Cashews –9 -10
  8. Pistachio /Pista-9 -10
  9. Black pepper –2-3 (optional)
  10. Sugar –2 tbsp (as per your taste)

Method –

  • Add poppy seeds, fennel seeds, whole cardamom seeds, saffron, almonds, cashews, pista, sugar per your taste and black pepper into the blender jar and make a fine powder.
  • Add the grinded mixture into the milk (as per your taste) and keep it in fridge for 2-3 hours.
  • You can keep the remaining powder in refrigerator to be used afterwards.
  • After 2-3 hours filter this mixture using a strainer.
  • Garnish with pista powder and saffron strands.
  • Thandi cold drink is ready to serve…