North Indian Cooking by..Geeta Seth

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Rasgulla

                                        Rasgullas

Rasgulla is a traditional Indian dessert. It is also called Roshogolla. As the
name says Rosh means juice (sugar syrup) and Golla means small balls. 

Rasgullas is a paneer balls soaked in sugar syrup. Rasuglla is made with milk. The milk is first curdled and the chhena (paneer or cheese) is collected and drained of any whey, then with chenna small balls are made and boiled. These balls are then soaked in sugar syrup flavored with rose essence. Rasugllas are usually served with syrup at room temperature or chilled. 

Rasgulla is the most popular sweet of West Bengal loved by all. There are not many Indians who have not eaten a Rasgulla. It is served in almost all the celebrations. Rasgullas are easy to make, they may not come out good at first time but do not get discourage and try to make them.
Ingredients:
 
½ Gallon 2% or whole milk (8 Cups)
1/3 Cup of lemon juice or as needed    
2   Tablespoons of all- purpose flour (Maida) Or Rice flour

Makes about 20 Rasgullas
 
Ingredients for sugar syrup:
                                                                                                                          
 2      Cups of sugar or to the taste
 5      Cups of water                                                                                                
 2 to 3 drops of rose essence.

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Milk
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Lemon juice
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All-Purpose flour (Maida)
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Sugar
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Rose essance
Direction for making the syrup:
 
1. In a wide sauce pan add 5 cups of water and 2 cups of sugar and boil for half
    hour on medium heat. 

2. Add 2 to 3 drops of rose essence, turn the stove off.           
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In a pan add water
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Add sugar in water and boil
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Syrup is ready
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Add rose essence and mix
Directions for making the Rasgullas:

1. In a big stainless steel heavy bottom sauce pan boil the milk on low heat, with a
    cooking spoon stir periodically because milk tend to burn from the bottom.
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In a pan add milk and boil
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Milk start boiling
2. Once the milk come to a boil, add lemon juice little at a time and keep
     stirring, until milk start to curdle and separate from the whey. Turn the stove
​     off and let the curdle milk stand for about 15 minutes.
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Add lemon juice in the Milk
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Milk curdled
3. Take a cheese cloth or thin towel and line it over the colander. (With the cheese​
    cloth or thin towel the whey flow out easily)  

4. Place the colander in the sink, then pour the curdled milk into the colander and
    let it drain.  
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Place a towel on colander
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Pour curdle milk over towel
5. Wash the chenna (cheese) for few times in running tap water to rinse the lemon
     juice out. 

6.  Lift the cloth off the colander, gather up the ends and twist and squeeze to
     drain the water out of the chenna, or gather the edges of the cloth and fold
     them over to cover the chenna and place it in the colander and fill a heavy pot
    with water and set directly on top of the cloth wrapped cheese in the colander
​     and leave it aside until all the water drain out.  (see direction below)                      
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Rinse chenna in running water
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Lift towel off the colander
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Squeeze the water out from Chenna
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Whey came out from the curdle milk
7. Once all the water drained out from chenna , take the chenna out from the
     cloth and place over the counter or rolling board and start kneading
     with the heel of your hand. (You could also use rolling pin to make chenna
     smooth)
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Water is squeezed out from the Chenna
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Spread the chenna on the counter
8. After kneading for few minutes add All-Purpose flour in chenna, and keep
    kneading with the heel of your hand.(If you have gluten allergy then add
​    2 tablespoons of rice flour)
 


9. ​If you have a very moist chhena, when you mash the entire chenna will get
    stuck to the counter but if you have nicely squeezed chenna then as you mash
    by dragging your palms, your palms will automatically get greased by the fats
    from the chenna, which aids you to mash and smoothen it better.

10. In case your chenna has become too dry or too hard add few drops of water to
      make the chenna smooth. 

11. If chenna is sticking  on the  counter then wrap the chenna in a towel and leave
     for a while towel will soak  the water.
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Knead the chenna to make it soft
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Add All-purpose flour (Maida)
12. Once you get a smooth chenna (paneer), bring together the mashed and
      smooth
 chenna and make it like a dough.
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Chenna become soft
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Dough for Rasgulla
13. Roll the dough to make it smooth and divide the dough into 16 to 20 equal 
​       parts without making the balls.​

14. Take a portion of the dough and roll it in between your palms in to a ball
      without any cracks, or over the rolling board roll them in circular motion and
​      make a smooth and round ball. 
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Divide the dough in small equal parts
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Roll the Rasgulla ball's
 15. Some Rasgullas do not appear to have a smooth outer appearance because
       they may not have been pressed and mashed well, then each time you roll the
      chenna mash the chenna with the thumb in the palm and roll until you form a
      round ball. 


16 While rolling the balls if dough becomes dry then add few drops of water in
​      the dough and mix and knead to make it soft. 


17. When making rasugalla  balls if paneer is sticking in your hands then grease
     your hand a little that will help you to make smooth balls.

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Cover the Rasgulla balls with a moist towel so that they don't dry.
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Rasgulla ball's
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Cover Rasgulla balls with moist towel
19. In the 4 quart pressure cooker add 6 to 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. 
   (I boiled Rasgullas without sugar. Boiling Rasgulla in plain water makes it
    easier for the Rasgulla to absorb water and cook thoroughly and they stay
     white)

20. Drop gently 8 to 10  chenna balls in boiling water one by one so that water
      temperature does not go down. Keep the stove on high.   ​
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In a Pressure cooker add water & boil
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Drop chenna balls in boiling water
20. Close the lid of pressure cooker.

21. Once the cooker starts making a noise, from then count 7 minutes and turns

        the heat off. Do not overcook Rasgullas they become hard.
 
22. After turning the heat wait about 1 to 2 minutes then place the pressure cooker
      in the sink and release the steam from the pressure
 cooker by running the cold
​      water over it.

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Close the Pressure cooker
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Run the cold water over Pressure cooker
23.  Open the cooker and allow the rasgullas to settle down before touching them. 
       They have expanded to almost double their original size and will be delicate
        when hot. 

24.  Take a bowl large enough to hold to hold 8 to 10 Rasgullas so that they don’t
       not get crowded in the bowl. Fill the bowl with cold water.                                                         
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Bowl with cold water
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Open the cooker
25. With a slotted serving spoon lift one Rasgulla at a time and transfer the boiled
      Rasgulla gently into a bowl of fresh water. Handle them gently because they
​     are delicate when they are warm and fresh. 
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Take the Rasgulla out of hot water
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Rasgulla's in the water
 26.  Once Rasgullas cool down take one Rasgulla a time and gently squeeze the
       fresh water out so that they can then absorb the sweetness from the syrup.

27. Transfer the sqeezed Rasgulla in previously made syrup.

​28. Take a Rasgulla in a spoon and press it if the pressed portion bounces back to
​       it original shape it is means Rasgulla are just right.
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Squeeze Rasgulla to take the water out
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Water is removed from Rasgulla
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Rasgulla is spongy
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Rasgulla's are in the syrup
29. For the second batch you may be able to use same water in the pressure cooker
      but you have to add more water because water is reduced. But for the third
      batch you have to change the water because it becomes oily and white.

30. Once you boil all the chenna balls and transfer them into the syrup, let them
      cool down then place them in the refrigerator and leave them in the syrup
      overnight.

31.  Serve Rasgullas chilled.
Tips:
 
1. If you have gluten allergy then instead of all- purpose flour you can use  
     2 Tablespoon of rice flour. 

2. Paneer could be prepared one or two days before making the Rasgulas. After
    making paneer just place it in the refrigerator. 

3. The success of your Rasgullas depends on how smooth you knead the chenna
    dough. It should not be too firm or too soft. 

4. When cheena has less moisture then Rasgulla becomes rubbery, dense, hard
    and shrink after cooking and cooling.

5. If there is too much water or moisture in cheena then rasgulla disintegrates or
    breaks while cooking.

6.  The chenna balls should not have any cracks otherwise they will break while
     boiling them. 

7. When boiling Rasgullas make sure you have enough water otherwise Rasgullas
     will become flat. 

8.  Boiling Rasgulla in plain water makes it easier for the Rasgulla to absorb
     water and cook thoroughly and they stay white. 

9.  Do not boil too many balls at one time because they will squish with each
     other and would not have enough space to expand and remain hard. 

10.After boiling the rasgullas if you keep them in fresh cold water they will retain
​     their shape. But if you keep the boiled, spongy rasgulla in the syrup on top of
     one another they will become flat and lose their round shape. 

11. To check if the Rasgullas are done there are two ways. First with a spoon take
​      one rasgullas and place it in a bowl of water if the Rasgulla sinks to the bottom
       and stay there it is cooked.  

12.  Second method is to press a small portion of the Rasgulla with your finger if
       the pressed portion bounces back to its original shape it is done. You should
       check it right after you open the pressure coo
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asgulla sink to the bottom
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Press the Rasgulla with the finger
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Rasgulla's
 Directions for making the chenna dough with food processor:

Food processor could be used to make the chenna soft and smooth. 

1. Add all the chenna, all purpose flour in the food processor and run it for less
    than a minute or as needed to make a dough of chenna.

2.  If chenna become too dry or too hard then add few drops of water or as
     required and run it until chenna become soft and smooth and there are no
     lumps left.

3.  Do not over knead because the oil will come out form the chenna and you
     will not be able to make smooth balls.
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Add chenna in food processer
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Add All- purpose flour & run the food processer
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Chenna become soft
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Gather chenna and make balls
​Directions for making the Rasgullas without the pressure cooker:

 If you do not have the pressure cooker or you prefer to cook in a sauce pan then
​  you may. 

 
1.  Take a big saucepan and add 6 cups of water and bring it to boil. 

2.   Gently drop 8 chenna patties into the boiling water, cover the pan with vent
      hole lid and cook for 15 to 20 minutes on medium heat, turn the heat off.
      (If you do not have cover with vent hole then leave the cover little open.
      So that lot of bubbles come up and that bubbles cooks Rasgullas)
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Drop Rasgullas in a pan
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Cover the pan with vent hole lid
Direction to take the water out of paneer:
​
1. Take a bowl and place the colander over it.

2.  Gather the edges of the cloth and fold them over to cover the chenna and place
    over the colander.
  ​

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Place a colander over a bowl
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Place the towel with cheese over colander
3. Place a plate over the towel with chena. Place is kept so that weight is equally 
    distributed.

4. Over the plate place pot fill of water or something heavy so that water comes
    out of paneer.

5. Keep checking few time if desired water is out from Paneer. ​
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Place a plate over towel
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Place the pot full of water on the plate
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Water is came out of the paneer
Please take the time to let me know what you think about my recipe. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipe.

Thank you      

Geeta Seth

Other recipes:

Rasmali                                                                   Cashew burfi (Kaju katli)

Gulab jamun                                                          Almond burfi 

Carrot halwa (Gajar ka halwa)                         Kala jamun (Black gulab jamun)



    Please take the time to let me know what you think about my recipe. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipe.. Thank you.. Geeta Seth
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