Diwali Sweets (II)

 

And we continue eating.....

I made this Bengali sweet for the first time. I used to buy it, but now there is no place near me where I can find it.....it is delicious

Bengali Malai Chop

250 grams of ricotta well drained. I place it in a kitchen towel, and dried it very well.

3 tablespoons of flour

for the syrup

1.5 cups of sugar

3 cups of water

1 cardamom crushed

few drops of rose water

Boil everything until the sugar is dissolved. 

Mix and knead very well the ricotta with the flour for at least 7 minutes; thus, you avoid cracks when cooking them. Make a roll and cut them in pieces. Shape them in oval.

Boil them in the syrup for 7 minutes each side at medium high heat. Turn it off, and leave them in the syrup for 1 hour. 

The filling is usually a saffron cream. However, I had some leftover of pistachio filling from another pastry (pista kaju roll). I made some vanilla custard, and mix it with the pistachio and made my sweet. ENJOY!

I made again Pista Kaju roll we love it!

and of course....we love Rasmalai