Rasgulla

Rasgulla  is the king of the Bengali sweets(Rasagola). It is made up of channa.

Rasgulla

For making channa (at home)

Ingredients:

Milk: 1 liter
Water: 1 cup 
Sugar : 1 cup
Lemon Juice: 2 table spoon

Method:

Boil the milk in a vessel, when it is boiling add the lemon juice to it and mix it until the milk curdles. 

Keep stirring until the water and channa are completely separates. Strain the channa with a clean cloth. Tie the edges of the cloth together.  

Squeeze the excess water by hanging the cloth above the sink for 1 hour. 

Now knead the channa(which is very important) to make a smooth dough.

Divide the dough into small equal size balls and and shape into a smooth round ball to make rasgullas.

Now in a vessel, make the sugar syrup by adding the sugar and water. Now reduce the heat and add the rasgullas very carefully. Cover it with a lid and cook for 15 minutes. Stir it occasionally. 

Then put off the flame and let them cool. If you want you can add rose essence.

Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad

Ingredient

• Apple – 1/2 cup
• Banana – 1/2 cup
• Pineapple – 1/2 cup
• Oranges – 1/2 cup
• Black grapes – 1/2 cup
• Green grapes – 1/2 cup
• Canned cherries – 1/2 cup
• Seasonal fruits – 1/2 cup (water melon, mango )(optional)
• Chat masala – 2 table spoon
• Curd – 4 table spoon (hung the curd in a fine cloth for 1 hour then use)
• Honey – 1 table spoon
• Coriander and pudina leaves – 4 table spoon (finely chopped)

Method

To prepare the dessert cream

Mix the hung curd with chat masala and honey in a bowl and make like a creamy style. In a fruit salad bowl mix all the fruits and stir with a big spoon. Now mixed the dessert cream and mix it properly. Garnish it with the chopped coriander and pudina leaves and serve it as a dessert.

Milk (Dhudh) Pithe

Dhudh Pithe

Ingredient

Filling of pithe (We can use the kheer or sweet made from milk easily there in the market)

• Crushed coconut – 2 cups
• Sugar – 1 cup
• Elichi powder – 1/2 tea spoon for flavor

For Pithe

• Rice powder (preferably govind bhog rice) – 1 cups
• Boiling water

For milk

• Milk – 1 liter
• Sugar – 1/2 cup

Method

In a non-stick pan put the coconut crushed and sugar and mixed together. Cook till all sugar melts and mixed fully with coconut crush. For flavor mixed elichi powder in the last and our filling is ready.

Now Pithe

Mixed rice powder with boiling water to make a smooth dough with the help of hand. Divide the dough into small balls. Take small balls in the palm and press it in the middle to make space for putting the filling. Put the filling in the middle and close it tightly the edges with hand. It will look like a small boat shape. 

Now for Milk 

Heat the milk in a high flame in a vessel. When the milk start boiling put the flame in lower stage then give the pithe(made with rice powder) slowly one by one. Boil the milk with the pithe in a low flame and stir occasionally till milk thicken and pithe almost done then put sugar and stir and cook till all sugar dissolved. Your sweet dice is ready to serve.