rasmalai

/ ˈrɑːsməˌlaɪ /

noun

1. an Indian dessert made from cheese, milk, and almonds

2. informal,  a physically attractive woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of rasmalai¹

Hindi ras juice + malai skin formed on a hot liquid when it cools

Example Sentences

Her favorite recipe, however, is an Easy Rasmalai Ice Cream, which uses store-bought ricotta in lieu of homemade rasmalai, an Indian dessert of soft cheese immersed in a sweet-spiced milk: “I just had this random epiphany one day, saying, ‘I love Rasmalai, but how do I bring that to ice cream form without having to make the paneer and go through that process?’”

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Ricotta has that beautiful, milky richness to it with that grainy texture, which is very reminiscent of Rasmalai.

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But she nonetheless still enjoys Diwali here, looking forward to the sweets — gulab jamun, rasmalai and different types of barfi are among her favorites — and the puja ceremonies.

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For dessert, a version of the Bengali dish rasmalai—which usually consists of balls of paneer soaked in cardamom-scented clotted cream—here comprises ricotta dumplings and chocolate-ganache truffles in a bath of saffron milk.

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In Mumbai, speaking in Hindi, he joked with waiters who were trying to have him eat rasmalai, a rich, milk-based dessert flavored with cardamom and pistachios.

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