Alternative names | ରସ ମଲାଈ, রসমালাই, रस मलाई, رس ملائی |
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Course | Dessert |
Region or state | West Bengal |
Associated national cuisine | Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi |
Main ingredients | Chhena, malai, sugar |
Variations | Comilla's rosho malai |
Cookbook: Ras malai Media: Ras malai |
Ras malai or Rossomalai is a sweetmeat consumed mainly in India, as well as in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The name ras malai comes from two words in Hindi: ras, meaning "juice", and malai, meaning "cream". It has been described as "a rich cheesecake without a crust."[1] This dish was invented by the Bengali sweetmeat confectioner and businessman K.C. Das[2] in the year 1930.[3][4][5][6]
Ingredients
Ras malai consists of sugary white cream, or yellow-coloured (flattened) balls of chhana soaked in malai (clotted cream) flavoured with cardamom. It is cooked in sugar syrup and milk with saffron pistachios and kheer as stuffing.[7] Homemade ras malai is usually made from powdered milk, all-purpose flour, baking powder and oil, which are kneaded to form a dough, moulded into balls, and dropped into simmering milk cream.
Origin
Ras malai is believed to have originated in West Bengal and was invented by K.C. Das in the year 1930.[8][9] It is one of the most famous desserts in that region[10] and is based on the Rossogolla, which was invented by K.C. Das's[11][12] father Nobin Chandra Das in the year 1868.[13]
See also
References
- ^ Catherine Soanes, Angus Stevenson (2003). Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1459. ISBN 0198613474.
- ^ https://books.google.co.in/books? id=gN6ySQnUnfwC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=k.c.+das+rossomalai&source=bl&ots=9ccGOqeJRw&sig=_n76RgZ5cEs55rZxJWUH6jouuRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBmoVChMIise3hIjAxwIVw06OCh3ELgQF#v=onepage&q=k.c.%20das%20rossomalai&f=false
- ^ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/GOLA-RUSH/articleshow/48405692.cms
- ^ http://tastyvasty.com/mouth-watring-bengali-recipe-rossomalai/
- ^ http://www.kcdas.co.in/profile.php
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/kc-das-rossogullas/article6665063.ece
- ^ "About.com on Ras Malai". About.com. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- ^ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/GOLA-RUSH/articleshow/48405692.cms
- ^ http://www.polkacafe.com/best-traditional-sweet-shops-in-kolkata-949.html
- ^ "Ras Malai". Retrieved 2013-11-06.
- ^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gN6ySQnUnfwC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=k.c.+das+rossomalai&source=bl&ots=9ccGOqeJRw&sig=_n76RgZ5cEs55rZxJWUH6jouuRw&hl=ensa=X&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBmoVChMIise3hIjAxwIVw06OCh3ELgQF#v=onepage&q=k.c.%20das%20rossomalai&f=false
- ^ http://www.kcdas.co.in/profile.php
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/kc-das-rossogullas/article6665063.ece
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