Komala Bhog( Orange Flavored Rosogolla)
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In India West Bengal is famous for Roshogolla(cheese balls in sugar syrup), Komala bhog is also popular.It is same like making roshogollas, just it is flavored by orange.
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Ingredients
- 200 ml Orange juice
- 1 liter skimmed milk
- 2 tbsp powder sugar
- 1 tbsp semolina/ suji
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1.5 cup of sugar
- 1.5 cup of sugar extra
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 teaspoon rose water
- 1 pinch yellow food color
- water as needed
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Instructions
- In a big pan start boiling milk. When milk is bubbling switch off the gas and wait for 2 minutes. Then slowly add orange juice and stir the milk, it will started curdling. When milk is fully curdled stop adding juice.
- Drain the whey in a muslin cloth over the strainer. As we need the taste of orange juice so we don't need to wash the chenna/ curdled milk. Slowly fold the cloth and (be cautious it will be super hot) hung it to drain excess water for 30 to 45 minut
- After 45 minutes take out chenna /cottage cheese in a plate and add baking powder, powder sugar, semolina and yellow color. Knead it for 20 - 25 minutes to make a dough. Then make balls as per size you want from the dough.
- In a pressure cooker boil 1.5 cups of sugar and 4 cups water. When it starts bubbling add cottage cheese balls and close the lid. Wait for one whistle then switch off the flame.It can be make in a big pan but then komala bhog will not be puffy or
- Let cool the pressure cooker normally. Open the pressure cooker, Komala bhog is ready. In a separate pan take out all cooked cheese ball / komala bhog.
- In the same sugar syrup in pressure cooker add 1.5 sugar,cardamom powder and boil, when sugar is dissolves properly, switch off the flame. Transfer sugar syrup in a bowl and add komala bhog on it.
- Let it cool, then add rose water on it. Wait for more 4 to 5 hours before serving. Tasty puffy, spongy Komala bhog/ Orange flavored cheese balls are ready to serve.
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