Baked Rasgulla

Preparation:10 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: Makes 5 serving

Ingredients

9 to 10 rasgullas
1 cup milk
100 gms crumbled paneer (cottage cheese)
1/2 cup sugar
a few saffron (kesar) strands soaked in 2 tsp of milk
1 tsp cornflour soaked in 2 tsp water
1/2 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder

Method

Dissolve the rasgullas in water for a few of minutes and squeeze out all the sugar syrup from them. Try to remove sugar syrup as much as possible.Combine milk, crumbled paneer, sugar, cornflour and water in a mixer and blend to a semi-smooth mixture.Add saffron-milk mixture and cardamom powder to the paneer mixture and mix well.Place the rasgullas on a baking dish, spread paneer mixture evenly all over the dish covering the rasgullas well and bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) till it starts to brown.Serve warm or at room temperature.