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🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Rasgulla

🇮🇳 Indian

Soft milk-sweet morsels — Bengali or Banarasi in spirit, made from honest ingredients and a light hand. 50 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 20 min Cook 30 min Serves 6 Medium

Ingredients

  • Paneer250 g
  • Ghee3 tbsp
  • Sugar2 cups

Optional extras

  • Golden Raisins2 tbsp
  • Almonds2 tbsp, slivered
  • Green Cardamom3, crushed

Instructions

  1. 1

    Prepare the base — fresh paneer kneaded smooth, or milk reduced to solids — with no moisture left.

  2. 2

    Cook briefly with sugar until it comes together as a soft dough.

  3. 3

    Shape into flat pedas, thumb-dent the centre, and garnish with saffron or nuts.

  4. 4

    Chill 30 minutes before serving.

Chef's tip

Ghee first, sweetness later — sugar added too early toughens flour and milk solids.

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