Ras Malai

I am a sucker for Ras Malai. I dont have a sweet tooth but for some reason I am very partial to this dish. Since I couldnt find any store bought Ras Malai to my liking I decided to recreate as best as I could at home. I took couple of short cuts because I couldn’t make this dessert soon enough, but when it turned great I kept the short cuts (shhhh…don’t tell anyone)

Ingredients
Ras Malai patties – canned (store bought)
Whole Milk – 1 quart
MTR Kesar Milk mix – 3 tablespoon
Condensed milk – 4 tablespoon
Sugar  - 5 tablespoon
Saffron – 1 pinch
Pistachios and Almond –finely  chopped

Method
Heat milk in a sauce pan until it raises on top and then reduce it to simmer. Reduce the milk until it is 2/3 the quantity on  medium heat. Then add condensed milk and sugar and mix well. Taste the milk of sweetness and add more sugar if needed. Simmer it for few more minutes until it is half the quantity. Then add the MTR Kesar Milk mix to the milk and mix well. Top it with saffron strands and set aside to cool to room temperature.
Open the can of ras malai patties and drain the sugar syrup. Also, squeeze out the syrup in each of the patties by pressing it in between your palms and set aside.
When the reduced milk is at room temperature, give it another stir and transfer it a serving bowl and add the ras malai patties to it. Top if with very finely chopped/crushed pistachio and almonds and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Serve two patties each and the milk mix in a dessert cups per person. If it is someone like me, then forget about a dessert bowl…I will empty the entire bowl :-)

Left over milk ? No worries. You could drink it up as is or pour it into thin popsicle molds for some home made Kulfis.