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Soak It Like A Sponge
Sweet cheese balls served in a sugar syrup
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Prep Time 60 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings
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Ingredients
Prep Time 60 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings
MetricUS Imperial
Ingredients
Votes: 1
Rating: 5
You:
Rate this recipe!
Instructions
For the cheese balls
  1. Boil the milk.
  2. Turn off the heat and wait for 1 minute
  3. Slowly add the curd until the solids separate
  4. Using a cloth, gather the solids from the liquid mixture
  5. Drop the cloth with the solids in cold water to stop the curdling
  6. Store it until excess water releases from the cloth
Kneading the cheese balls
  1. Remove the solids from the cloth and start kneading slowly using the palm of your hand
  2. Shape them into small balls
For the sugar syrup
  1. Add the sugar to 2 cups of water and let it heat up
  2. Once it starts boiling, add 1 tbsp of milk to the sugar syrup.
  3. Remove any excess particles from the syrup
  4. Boil the syrup until you get a 2 string consistency
For cooking the cheese balls
  1. Once the syrup comes to a boil, drop in the cheese balls
  2. Cook the cheese balls in the sugar syrup for approximately 5 minutes on high flame and 15 minutes on low flame
  3. Garnish it with some roasted pistachio and serve it hot or cold!
Recipe Notes

While cooking the cheese balls, make sure not to include too many in one batch.