This Rasmalai Sandwich is a crunchy, crispy version of the OG favorite Benagli sweet. All you need are some simple ingredients to make this light and healthy dessert that disappears in minutes ❤️🔥
This rasmalai Sandwich is a quicker, healthier version of the OG Bengali dessert, rasmalai. We use all the same ingredients and flavors – the paneer, saffron, elaichi – but this one’s crunchy, crispy, and a whole lot easier!
Plus, you don’t need anything fancy to make this easy-peasy Rasmalai toast; you’ll most likely have all the ingredients already in your kitchen. So it’s the perfect thing to make for unexpected guests.
And the bonus? This dessert is insanely healthy. It has a creamy texture, but uses no cream. The bread can be deep fried, but I prefer to toast it so it’s crispy but still light. No one’s going to want to stop eating this one!
jump to section: rasmalai sandwich
Rasmalai Sandwich Ingredients Overview
To make the frosting, we blend together paneer, icing sugar, softened butter, and kesar strands soaked in milk.
Crunchy, toasted bread forms the base of this dessert. You can even deep fry it in ghee if you like, but I prefer the lighter texture of toasted bread. This toasted bread is then soaked in a sugar syrup, which is made by heating sugar, water, saffron strands, and cardamom powder.
After assembling toasted bread and frosting, we finish it off with a garnishing of chopped pistachios and serve immediately!
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s best to serve this rasmalai sandwich immediately after frosting as it tends to get soggy ver quickly.
I would recommend making this rasmalai toast in smaller batches to maintain freshness and texture. However, you can store leftover rasmalai frosting in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
This rasmalai sandwich is such an easy way to put together a stunning and delicious dessert for your Diwali party. And it helps that this one’s really light and healthy too!
If you make this dessert, be sure to send me your recreations and Diwali food table photos over on my IG @my_foodstory.
If you want to quick and easy Diwali sweets, then check out my Saffron Milk Pudding Bites and Rose Kacha Golla recipes!
Rasmalai Sandwich
Ingredients
For rasmalai frosting
- ½ cup paneer
- 3 teaspoons icing sugar
- 2 teaspoon soft butter
- 10-15 kesar strands soaked in 2 tablespoons of warm milk see note 1
For frying bread
- 6 slices of bread
- ¼ cup ghee optional, only for deep frying method
For sugar syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 10 saffron strands
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
For Garnish
- 5 almonds chopped fine
- 5 pistas chopped fine
Instructions
Making rasmalai frosting
-
Add all ingredients to a blender and grind it to a smooth paste. Set in the refrigerator for at least an hour.½ cup paneer, 3 teaspoons icing sugar, 2 teaspoon soft butter, 10-15 kesar strands soaked in 2 tablespoons of warm milk
-
Transfer the rasmalai frosting to the piping bag & push it down. Seal the open end of the piping bag by twisting it.
-
Set aside the filled piping bag.
Frying or toasting bread
Toaster method
-
Toast the bread slices to golden brown & crisp as per your toaster settings.6 slices of bread
-
Cut each bread slice into 4 triangles & set aside.
Deep frying method
-
Cut bread slices into 4 triangles.
-
Heat ghee in a flat frying pan. Fry the bread triangles on medium heat.¼ cup ghee
-
When one side turns golden, flip and fry the other side. Flip once or twice to get even browning.
-
Drain the bread triangles on paper towels and set aside. Repeat the same for the rest of the slices.
Making Sugar Syrup
-
Mix sugar with water in a pan on medium heat.1 cup sugar, ¾ cup water
-
When it boils, add saffron strands and keep on low heat. Cook till you get oil-like consistency of sugar syrup. Switch off the heat, add cardamom powder and stir.10 saffron strands, ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
Dipping fried bread in sugar syrup
-
While the sugar syrup is still hot, dip the fried bread triangles using tongs.
-
Coat bread triangles evenly with sugar syrup.
-
If syrup cools and crystallises, add about 1 to 2 teaspoons of water, reheat the syrup and use it.
-
Arrange the sugar syrup soaked bread triangles on a plate.
Piping rasmalai frosting
-
Pipe rasmalai frosting on each sugary bread triangle.
-
Garnish with chopped almonds & pistas and serve immediately.5 almonds chopped fine, 5 pistas chopped fine
Notes
- Making kesar milk – warm 2 tablespoons of milk & soak kesar in it for 30 minutes. Mash the kesar lightly with a spoon to dissolve the kesar strands and get light golden kesar milk.
- You can begin with sugar syrup when you start toasting bread slices.
- Fry bread triangles to be crisp & crunchy for best results.
- Rasmalai sandwiches must be served soon after frosting as they turn soggy later.
Nutrition
The post Rasmalai Sandwich appeared first on My Food Story.
0 Comments