Orissa famous delicious Rasabali

Ingredients

1 cup chenna ( mashed paneer)

½  tsp  baking soda

1 teaspoon sooji

1 tsp maida

Sugar- 2tblsp (to make the chenna balls)

1 litre milk & ½ cup milk powder

Saffron few strands  

1 ½ cup sugar

4 cardamom crushed

½ tsp cardamon powder

 Oil for deep frying

Sliced almonds or cashews for garnishing

Method.

In a bowl add mashed paneer, maida, suji, soda, sugar and cardamom powder.mix it & make a smooth dough, make small balls & flatten it by using your palms as shown in the below pic. and keep aside.

Mean while Boil  milk in a heavy bottom vessel in low- medium flame. Let it boil.

Take 1 cup of luke warm milk & add milk powder to it. Pour the milk powder paste to the above boiled milk. keep stirring on a low heat.

 Add crushed cardamoms , sugar & kesar strands. Mix properly. Stir continuously & Cook for 40-45 mins. till the milk is reduced to half the amount.

Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and Add the previously done chenna balls one by one & deep fry them till both the side turns to golden brown in colour. (Don’t fry more otherwise they will become strong).

Drain excess oil in a kitchen tissue paper.

Add the balls to the boiling milk. Boil for another 3-4 min in a low flame . switch off the flame.

 Let it cool . Garnish it with  sliced almonds & cashew nuts.
Serve chilled...:-)

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