Pakistani Recipes - Ras Malai

Traditional Sweet Dishes of Pakistan

Pakistan is famous for its delicious taste and aroma of dishes. Combining numerous eastern tastes, Pakistani recipes are popular throughout the world. Mostly, our recipes consist of spices which hugely enrich the value of the dish. Though similar taste of a single dish can be seen throughout the country but it tastes delicious wherever eaten. A variety of condiments is used in Pakistani recipes which actually distinguish it from the rest of the world.

Sweet dishes are commonly found to express any scared or joyous occasions all the way through the year. Symbolically, few sweet dishes are reserved for specific events. Within a single family, variation and experiments can be seen on a larger scale than any other cuisine in the entire world.
Other than all of this, they are categorized majorly like:
•    Sweet Dishes
•    Traditional Dishes
•    Contemporary Dishes

Sweet Dishes

They are mostly served after the meals but some are even specified to the occasions. Some of the conventional desserts are:
•    Kheer
•    Ice Cream
•    Sweet Rice
•    Ras Malai
•    Jaleebi
•    Gulab Jaman
•    Sawayaan
•    Laddu
•    Halwa
•    Lassi
•    Juice

Ras Malai

My most favorite and delicious sweet dish- Ras Malai which is one of the popular sweet dishes found in Pakistan. Following ingredients are used to prepare such a yummy dish.

                                                                      

             

Rasmalai Recipe

Ingredients:
•    Good Milk - 1.5 ltr
•    Khoya - 1 Ounce
•    Powdered Milk - 2 Cups
•    Eggs - 2
•    Baking Powder - 1 Tablespoon
•    Cardamom Powder - 1 Tablespoon
•    Yeast - 2 Tablespoons
•    Kewara Essence - 3 Droplets
•    Oil - 2 Tablespoons
•    Pistachios / Almonds - Half Cup

Preparation

In a saucepan, boil milk and add khoya and kewra essence afterwards. On a low flame, cook the milk properly. In another bowl, prepare a mixture of ghee, milk powder, baking powder and self-rising flour. Add beaten eggs to this mixture and gradually mixture till it becomes smooth.

When done, prepare small balls out of this dough and gently add them to the milk. Cook the dough balls in milk till they do not expand enough to rise to the top of the milk. When the required condition is achieved, turn the flame off. Pour it in a dish and chill.
Garnish it will pistachios and almonds. Serve Chilled!