Spring season has arrived and so has the month of love and happiness. Yes! the Valentine Month is here and it’s the time to celebrated joy, love, togetherness and companionship. With this noble thought, i here by introduce you to my next featured guest on my blog, SOMA PRADHAN. A name that needs no introduction, yes Soma is one of the most talented person i have met in recent times. Though we haven’t got an opportunity to meet each other but in such a short span of time, me and Soma have become good friends over social media and i’m sure for life time as well. A super talented young lady, who blogs at FLAVOURS UNLIMITED , is not just a food blogger but also an amazing photographer and artist. Her website depicts a story of her life with some amazing travelogue docs and her artistic site as well.
Few of my favorite recipe from her blog are : Sitaphal Basundi , Basa Fish Fillet , Murgh Mussallam , Coconut Panna Cotta etc etc.
So as i was saying, it’s Valentine month, hence Soma brings us one of her amazingly crafted and curated recipe Orange Rasmalai with some mouth watering images. Though i have a couple of Rasmalai recipes in my blog, but this one shall always be one special one. When Soma, shared her idea about this dessert, i was keen to read the recipe and try all by my own. The use of Orange to the dessert is a great fusion to the original recipe with a twist and trust me it tastes out of the world, and i can vouch on it’s taste as i personally love desserts with a citrus flavor.
So let us now quickly move to to see what Soma has to tell about her creation …
Soma Pradhan says – “Milk Based desserts always have a special room in my heart and Rasmalai constantly brings me down on knees. Hence, when I got the opportunity to do a guest post for one my most favorite blogger who is also an extremely talented food stylist, I didn’t want to let her down and after brainstorming through a couple of recipes, I zeroed down on curating some Orange Flavoured Rasmalai which is very much in the season. Since, it is a known fact that Citrus and Milk do not work well together, it was a challenge for me to bring the two flavors together. Fortunately, the end product came out beautifully well and taste complemented each other. This is a must try recipe as the flavours are very refreshing, citrussy, fragrant and melt in mouth which is sure to win you many accolades.”
Sharing images of few of my favorite recipe from Soma Pradhan’s Blog :
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time | 30 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 2 liter Full Cream Milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- sugar to taste
- 1/2 cup Fresh Orange Juice
- 2-3 drops Orange Food Color
- 1 tsp Orange Essence
- 1 Fresh Orange Fruit peeled and cut into pieces
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 1 tbsp Dried Rose Petals crushed
- 4-5 strands saffron
- 4-5 Green Pistachios chopped
Ingredients
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- Heat 1 liter of milk in a sauce pan. When it comes to boil, add orange juice, lemon juice and switch off the flame. Use a fork to whisk the milk so it helps to curdle.
- Strain the curdled milk using a muslin cloth and wash it under running water few times. Let it hang for 15 minutes till water separates completely.
- Add 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp all purpose flour and mix it properly .
- Next, knead the chenna with the flat portion of your palm so the sugar melts properly and you get a smooth paste.
- Make small balls and keep them aside. The size will double when you cook them. Hence, be careful not to make it too large.
- Bring 1 liter of water and 3 tbsp of sugar to boil in a saucepan.
- Add the chenna balls and cover and cook for 10 minutes approximately. The chenna balls double up and it ready to be used after it cools down.
- Heat the remaining milk in another pan on a low flame.
- Add cardamom powder, saffron and cook till it reduces to almost half the volume.
- Add sugar and cook for another 2 minutes till sugar dissolves well.
- Add the chenna balls to it. Don’t add the water which was used for cooking Chena.
- Switch of the flame and add orange color and orange essence to it.
- Once, it cools down, add chopped pistachios, dried rose petals and cut orange pieces.
- Let it chill down before you serve.
If you like this fruit flavored Rasmalai recipe by Soma Pradham, then please drop a word of appreciation in comments below.
Love : Shaheen
