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rasgulla recipe | spongy rasgulla recipe |Bengali rasgulla

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Indian sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 14 rasgulla

Ingredients
 

  • 1 liter full fat milk or cow’s milk
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice + 1 tbsp water
  • 2 cup sugar - refined sugar
  • 6 cup water
  • 1 tsp corn flour or all purpose flour - maida
  • 3 cardamom pods

Instructions

For  chenna (paneer)

  • Take milk in a wide pan and keep it to boil on medium-low flame.
  • When the milk comes to a boil switch off the gas.
  • Then add mixture of 2 tbsp water +3 tbsp lemon juice in milk. Stir continuously.
  • Milk has curdled in 3-4 min then switch off the flame. The milk has curdled completely with the watery whey.
  • Then place the muslin cloth on the strainer and pour the curdled milk.
  • Rinse the chenna with water to remove the lemony flavor.
  • Gather the muslin cloth from the sides and rinse chenna very well with running water. This brings down the temperature of chenna.
  • Then Squeeze the muslin tightly to remove excess water from chenna.
  • Hang the chenna for about 30min.

For rasgulla balls

  • After 30 min removes chenna from muslin cloth.
  • Then begin to mash and knead chenna with the heels of your palms. Knead for 10 min.
  • After 10 min smooth and uniform texture of chenna without any grains. Do not knead chhena after it starts to release the fat or your hands are slightly greasy.
  • Take some portions from the chenna and roll them between your palms and make a smooth and round ball.
  • Cover all balls with moist muslin cloth and keep aside.

For sugar syrup

  • In a wide bowl take 2 cup of sugar and 6 cups of water.
  • Stir to dissolve the sugar syrup. The consistency of sugar syrup should be watery. Boil sugar syrup on high flame.
  • Reserve some sugar syrup which will be used for cooking rasgulla and serving rasgulla.

For cooking rasgulla.

  • Once sugar syrup is completely boiling at high flame, then drop rasgulla in it.
  • Cover immediately with a lid and let the rasgulla cook on high flame 5 minutes.
  • After 5 minutes flip rasgulla and cook rasgulla for 5 min on medium-high heat.
  • Total 10 min remove the lid and continue to cook for 7 min on medium to low heat.
  • Once the rasgulla is cooked, switch off the flame and cool it for 2-3 minutes.
  • Then add cooked rasgulla into cold water to retain its shape.
  • After 2 minutes transfer rasgulla into the reserved sugar syrup.
  • Refrigerate rasgulla for 2 hrs before serving it.
  • Soft, spongy, and juicy rasgualla is ready to serve.

Notes

  • Do not use store-bought paneer to make rasgulla.
  • Use wide pan for making rasgulla.
  • Store rasgulla in the refrigerator for 5-6 days.