Roshmalai

Name: Roshmalai
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Ingredients: 2 liters milk, for chenna; 3 tbsp lemon juice; 2 cups milk, thickened, for serving; 1/2 tsp ground cardamom

রসমালাই/rosh-mah-LYE/

Also known as: Rasmalai

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

About this dish

Soft cheese dumplings soaked in a lightly thickened, cardamom-scented sweet milk.

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Ingredients

🥛2 liters milk, for chenna

🍋3 tbsp lemon juice

🥛2 cups milk, thickened, for serving

🌿1/2 tsp ground cardamom

Method

Serves 2

Curdle the milk with lemon juice, then strain and knead the chenna until smooth.

Shape into small flat discs.

Boil in sugar syrup until they double in size and become spongy.

Simmer the second batch of milk with cardamom until thickened.

Soak the cooked discs in the sweetened, thickened milk and chill before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Roshmalai is a beloved Bangladeshi dessert, a soft cheese dumpling served in sweetened, spiced milk rather than syrup.

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