Ras Malai

Ingredients:
2 pounds Ricotta cheese
2 quarts half and half
2 cups sugar          
5 cardamom pods
1 bay leaf
1 tsp vanilla
rose water

Method:
1. Mix 1.5 cups of sugar with the ricotta cheese and bake it in oven at 400 deg F for about 1 hour and 15 minutes in a flat dish covered with aluminum foil. The cheese should have hardened and turned a pale brown

2. Thicken the half and half by simmering in microwave for about 30 minutes. When it thickens the volume drops to around half of the original volume

3. Add the remaining 0.5 cup sugar, cardamom pods (crushed), bay leaf, vanilla, and rose water to the half and half. Heat for few minutes

4. After the cheese is baked, cut into 2 inch squares and add to the hot thickened half and half. Cool for a few hours in the fridge.
               

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