Jaggery Rasgulla Recipe | Gur rasgulla | Nolen Gurer Rasgulla
Jaggery Rasgulla is a traditional dessert made from fresh chhena (Indian cottage cheese) balls cooked in a syrup of jaggery, sugar, and cardamom. The soft, spongy balls absorb the sweet and aromatic syrup, resulting in a delicately flavored sweet treat simmered to a tender texture.
Ingredients
- 1 litre milk full fat or whole
- 3 tablespoon vinegar add more or less, or lime juice
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch or maida (all-purpose flour
- 1 cup date palm jaggery grated
- ½ cup sugar
- 4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
Instructions
Making chhena for rasgulla
- Heat the milk in a pan and bring it to boil.
- Once milk starts to boil, reduce the flame and add 1 teaspoon vinegar at a time and stir. Repeat the process until you see the milk curdles and whey separates.
- Strain it with cheesecloth or muslin cloth and rinse under running water to get rid of any sourness from the vinegar or lime juice.
- Now squeeze gently to drain out extra water and put it under a heavy object for 5-10 minutes. The chhena should not be too dry.
Making the chenna balls
- Knead the chenna with cornstarch by mashing with your hand until you get a smooth dough or your hands become slightly greasy. It will take around 8-10 minutes to get a smooth dough.
- Divide the dough into equal portions and make small, round balls. Just make sure they are crack free or else they will break while cooking.
Making jaggery syrup
- In a wide bottomed pan or pot heat water followed by sugar, jaggery, and cardamom powder. Bring them together to boil until jaggery melts. The syrup must be of a runny consistency. No need of making one string or two string.
For making jaggery rasgulla recipe
- Add the chenna balls slowly one by one to the bubbling syrup. Cover and let it cook for 8 minutes over high flame.
- Then Remove the lid and you can see the balls are increased in size. Now slowly turn each of them around once and again cook them over a high flame for 3 minutes.
- Once done reduce the flame to low to medium. Cover and cook for 15 minutes more. Check in between and slowly turn them around twice.
- Remove from flame and transfer to a bowl with the syrup. let them rest for 4-5 hours. Remember the rasgullas must be soaked in the syrup or they will be flattened.
- Jaggery rasgulla recipe is ready to serve.
Notes
- Do not overknead the chhena dough to avoid hard rasgullas; knead until smooth and slightly greasy.
- Use a large pan with sufficient space for the balls to move and expand during cooking.
- Cook rasgullas covered on high flame for 8 minutes, then uncovered on high for 2 minutes, and finally covered on low-medium flame for 15 minutes.
- Ensure the jaggery syrup remains runny; add water if it thickens during cooking.
- To increase jaggery flavor, heat premade syrup with more jaggery separately, cool completely, then pour over cooked rasgullas without adding extra water.
- The chhena should be moist but not too wet or dry for best shaping and cooking results.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 medium size rasgullas
Amount Per Serving
Calories 156
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0g | |
| Calories | 156kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 29g | 10% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 10mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 37mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 131mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 0.05g | 0% |
| Sugar | 29g | 58% |
| Vitamin A | 139IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 0.03mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 115mg | 12% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.