Nolen Gurr er Rasoogolla/ Indian Cottage Cheese Balls are cooked in Date Palm Jaggery Syrup!

Nolen Gurr/ khejur gurr is Date Palm Jaggery that is usually available in India during winter time. It has a very distinct aroma that I absolutely love. That's why khejur gurr rasogolla is also very easily available during the wintertime. It is one of my favorite wintertime desserts of all time :). Nolen Gurr er Rasogolla is an authentic Bengali dessert that is made with homemade Indian cottage cheese balls that are cooked in Date Palm Jaggery syrup. Rasogolla is a pride of Bengal and people wait for wintertime to have date palm jaggery rasogolla or any other desserts made with date palm jaggery to have.

Prep Time: 60 minutes Making Time: 60 minutes

Servings: 15 pieces

Ingredients:

Chena or homemade Cottage cheese:

• 8 cups whole milk (full cream)

• 4 tablespoons vinegar

Sugar syrup:

• 1cup sugar

• 1 cup Khejur Gurr / Date Palm Jaggery

• 6 cups water

INSTRUCTIONS:

• First, prepare the chena (cottage cheese) by boiling the milk in a heavy bottom pan and curdling the milk with vinegar, and drain it completely.

• Rinse the chena / cottage cheese with cold water.

• Hang it or cover it with a towel for 30 minutes to dry the excess water.

• After 30 minutes, start to knead the Chena for 5 minutes.

• Until the chena is smooth in texture.

• Then, take small balls of chena and make round balls.

• In the meantime, in a deep wide bowl, add water, sugar, and khejur gurr / Date palm jaggery and boil for 5 mins.

• Then add round chena balls and boil for 15 minutes in sugar syrup with the lid on.

• Flip them carefully and cook for another 15 mins.

• Turn off the heat and keep it aside until it cools completely.

Enjoy yummy khejur gurr rasogolla!