Home made rasmalai
For Diwali this year we planned that we would attempt to make sweets at home instead of buying ready made. Now the partner is the one with a sweet tooth and I only nibble at sweets once in a while. My one weakness however is the rasmalai. I can have 3-4 of those lovelies and for someone who as a rule doesn't eat sweets, that's a lot. So it was decided that we will make rasmalai as it would be a pity if the maker herself wasn't inclined to eat. I got out my recipe notes and pulled out my trusted rasmalai recipe. It iis fairly simple and the only real concern is the timing for taking it off the gas, as over heating tends to break the balls. This is what you need for it: 2 Litre full cream milk 1 cup sugar - as I mentioned I don't have much of a sweet tooth so this quantity works for Blanched pistachios and almonds cut into small slivers - half a cup Half a cup cream Few strands of saffron 1 cup milk powder 1 tablespoon all purpose flour/ maida 1/2 teaspoon baking po