Serves: 4
Total Calories: 1,455

1 cup Paneer Cheese, coarsely broken (or store-bought) or part skim ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons Dessert Masala
1/4 cup sugar, or to taste
1 cup water
4 cups whole milk
1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground green cardamom seeds
2 drops rose essence

1. Prepare the paneer cheese. Prepare the dessert masala. Then, in a food processor process the paneer cheese until finely crumbled. (Do not process to much or it will go beyond crumbling and gather into a ball. If using ricotta cheese, do not process.)

2. Place the sugar and water in a medium wok or saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the processed paneer cheese (or ricotta cheese), reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until most of the water evaporates, 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Add the milk and cook, stirring, over medium-high heat, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the pudding is reduced by about half and is thick and creamy, 30 to 40 minutes.

4. Transfer to a serving dish, mix in the cardamom seeds and rose essence, and let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. (Stir a few times to prevent a skin from forming on top.) Refrigerate at least 4 hours to serve chilled. Just before serving, swirl in the dessert masala as a garnish.

From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 4
Total Calories: 1,455
Calories from Fat: 405

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