Diwali Recipes
Malai Ladoo Recipe
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 35 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 2 liters Milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1.5-2 tbsp Lemon juice
- generous pinch of cardamom powder
- nuts for garnishing (optional)
- Kesar or saffron (optional)
- 1/2 tsp elaichi powder
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Instructions
- Boil milk until a layer of cream forms on top. Set aside 2 cups of milk along with the cream.
- Add lemon juice and curdle the 6 cups of milk. Drain in a colander lined with thin cloth.
- Rinse under running water to remove the lemon smell.
- Drain off completely.
- Condense the rest of the 2 cups of milk with sugar until it reduces to half.
- Add the drained paneer and stir.
- Cook until the mixture thickens. Add cardamom powder. Mix. Cool completely.
- Grease a mould and fill the mixture inside. Stuff it well to prevent breaking.
- Gently remove the modak from mould. Or the mixture can be simply be rolled to balls or malai ladoo. Sprinkle elaichi powder on each laddoo and serve.