Rasagulla

Rasagulla is one of those sweets that give even our diet-conscious health freaks a tough time! While many sweets require an elaborate list of ingredients, rasagulla uses just about 4 ingredients present in an average kitchen at any point of time! Rasagulla is devoid of oil, but contains oodles of sugar. That said, everyone is entitled to a rasagulla or three once in a while! This drool-worthy sweet requires a bit of technique and if you get it right the first, consider yourself a wonder chef!

Health Benefit:

Rasgulla predominantly comprises sugar, protein, and carbohydrates. This combination of nutrients makes the sweet perfect for a quick energy fix on a long day under the sun. Due to high sugar content, a bite of rasagulla releases glucose almost instantly into the blood stream, thus cranking you up with instant energy.

A 100g serving of the Rasgulla contains about 186 calories, 38g of carbohydrates, 1.85g of fats, and 4g of protein.

Ingredients

full cream milk: 2 l

rose water: 1 tsp

lemon juice or white vinegar: 1/4 cup

granulated sugar: 2 cups

water: 4 cups

green cardamoms--deseeded and pods crushed: 1 tsp

How To Make Rasagulla

To make paneer:

1. In a heavy-bottomed pan, bring milk to boil and add vinegar.
2. Remove the pan from heat when the whey turns pale green.
3. Strain milk solids in a muslin cloth, squeeze excess water, tie the muslin cloth and hang it for 30 minutes.
4. Knead hung milk solid (or paneer) for about 15 mins or until it form a smooth dough.
5. Divide the dough into 18 portions, roll each portion into a ball, and cover the balls with a muslin cloth.
6. Heat a thich-bottomed pan, add water, and bring to boil.
7. Add sugar and let dissolve.
8. Strain sugar syrup with a fine cheese cloth and let cool.
9. Heat a vessel over high flame, add water, rose water, and bring to boil.
10. Boil water in a pan with some rose water.
11. Add paneer balls, cover with a lid and let cook for about 20 minutes.
12. In a jar of water mix water and a generous amount of ice.
13. When the paneer balls double their size, remove from heat, place into a colander and immediately run ice water over the balls.
14. Squeeze out excess water from each ball and transfer to sugar syrup.
15. Refrigerate for 2 hours prior to serving.

Trivia :

• Authentic rasgulla recipes use buffalo milk instead of cow milk.
• The solidified milk protein (casein) is also called Chenna
• Arrowroot or semolina is also kneaded along with the casein to produce enhanced taste and make the rasgullar less chewy.
• Commercial rasgullas are packed in vacuum. This idea was introduced by K.C. Das, the pioneer of commercial manufacturing of rasgullas.