Rosogolla

Here is the recipe of a famous sweet.You need to start this on a leisure day.Although it is not a laborious process, it demands your attention. This is good for taste buds but not for health. Preparation time: 3 hrs. working time : 30 min. waiting time :2 1/2 hrs. Serving size :15 balls Ingredients: Whole milk : 1 litre Sugar : 1 and 1/2 cups Water : 4 cups Citric acid :1/2 tsp Rose essence : 2-3 drops Boil milk ( or microwave for 20 min.) Let it cool for a couple of hours. Remove the cream layer. Reheat for about 15 min.Let the cream layer form.Remove it. Now, dissolve the citric acid in little water.Add this to milk .Stir slowly till milk is fully curdled.( Its fun to watch) Keep it like that for 5 min.Do not disturb. Strain the milk through a muslin cloth.The solid part that remains in the cloth should be washed under cold running water.This makes handling the hot substance easy. Press out excess water & remove into a wide plate.Make it into soft dough. The filtrate is called 'whey'. Heat sugar &water in a wide saucepan.Wait till it boils.Stir it occasionally. Meanwhile, gently knead the dough and make equal sized balls.Do not make big balls like what we see in the prepared dish.Make small balls. They swell once they imbibe the sugar syrup. When the sugar syrup starts boiling,add these balls to the syrup.Cover with a perforated lid. Boil for 13-15 min. Let it cool. Add essence & chill for 4-5 hrs. It tastes more or less like what we buy from stores.When one of my relatives tasted this,she was telling one brand name .She took some time to believe that I made this from scratch. Some healthy information about Whey: Liquid whey contains lactose, vitamins, and minerals along with traces of fat. Researchers discovered that whey appears to stimulate insulin release.So. we can prepare some dishes with whey.