Rasogulla!

Rasgulla is a very popular cheese based sweet syrupy indian dessert.

I have tried to make these before twice and once they came out good and the other time they were too hard. I wanted to get them right before posting on the blog! Mom made them this time, and she followed Manjula's Kitchen recipe. Watch the video for some tips on how to get them right. We used whole milk(Organic Valley) and they turned out all nice squishy and amazingly soft and tasty!

Some tips:

• Knead the chenna(Paneer) nicely to make it smooth and then make the balls.
• Mom pressure cooked the balls for 7 minutes, waited for 2 minutes before pouring cold water on the cooker and removing the pressure.
• There should enough water and space for the Rasgullas to expand! Some of our rasgullas got stuck to each other. But they all turned out very spongy!
• I added a pinch of cardamom powder to the sugar syrup.

Enjoy them chilled if you can wait that long!

Organic Valley is rated 4 stars on cornucopia which means that the cows are treated very well, are on small farms, are on pastures, are fed organic, no antibiotics, with a very low cull rate. To find animal friendly milk farms check out the Cornucopia list here http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html

Animal friendly products are not just friendly to animals, they are friendly to you as well. It means that you are getting a good, nutritious, organic, no hormones product which is the best for you and your family in the long run. So by supporting a caring farm, you are supporting a healthy life for your own family along with the animals!

I will try to make a Vegan version next time!