Rasgulla

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Rasgulla is made from ball shaped dumplings of chhena (an Indian cottage cheese) and cooked in light syrup made of sugar. This is done until the syrup permeates the dumplings

Ingredients Needed:

Whole Milk:1 ltr
Lemon Juice: 2sps

For sugar syrup:
Sugar: 1 teacup
Water: 1+1/2 teacups

Recipe

First Boil the Milk, Once fully bubbles add 1 sp lemon juice
Wait for it to curdle, if still didn't curdle fully add one more spoon lemon juice & let it boil

Now milk will split ,water & whey(Chenna) gets seperated..Switch off heat
Strain the curdled Milk by poring in a big strainer or In musulin cloth
Add water & wash the chenna then strain completely
Squeeze out water & gather the whey...You can even leave it to strain for long, then strained chenna will look like this

Then take the whey(Chenna) in a plate & knead it throughly
For kneading use your palm & press the chenna on plate pushing forward with your palm
Do this for atleast 15-20 times you will see the chenna turning softer like about to be paste

Now form small balls of this Kneaded whey there must be no cracks
1 litre milk yields about 10-12 Rasgulla balls, dont make it too big it will increase in size

For the Syrup
To form Softer Rasgullas use Presure cooker to cook these chenna


Things to Note:

Take a small Pressure cooker (about 3- 3.5 ltrs)capacity prefer Handi type
Add 1 (tea/coffe cup)cup sugar & 1+ 1/2cup(use same cup) water
For 15 chenna balls this quantity syrup is enough if you are making more divide to batches
Make Batch of 10-12 as its going to increase in size

Procedure of Cooking Rasgullas:

Keep cooker on flame with high heat add 1 (tea/coffe cup)cup sugar & 1+ 1/2cup(use same cup) water
Wait till sugar dissolves, and let it start bubling reduce heat to medium
No need of checking strings for syrup


Add These chenna balls one by one about 8-10 swirl dont overmix just make sure each ball is dipped
Close the cooker & cook for 2 whistles on medium heat . then switch off heat.
Let it cool down, Remove & check the sweetness,usually this much is enough
(If you want more sweet remove rasgullas & add 2-3 sps sugar & bring to boil)

Take the Rasgullas in a serving bowl & pour the sugar syrup on top

Enjoy this sweet delight