Ingredients:

• 1 litre – fresh Milk
• 3 tbsp – Sugar
• 3 – Pineapple pieces
• 3 drops – Pineapple essence
• 2 tbsp – Lemon juice
• 6 – Mint leaves
• 6 – red tutti frutti pieces

Method:

1. Boil the milk and remove the cream (malai) from it and boil once again.
2. In a cup, mix lemon juice with 2 tbsp of water.
3. When the milk starts boiling again, add the lemon juice mix and stir.
4. If the milk does not start curdling, then add some more lemon juice to it.
5. When the milk has curdled completely then pour it in a soft muslin cloth.
6. Pour enough cold water to cool it down and remove the traces of lemon juice mixture.
7. Hold the cloth tightly and squeeze well to remove all the water from it.
8. Then take the curdled milk solids in a big plate and rub with your palms for 5-7 minutes to smoothen it.
9. Add powdered sugar and mix gently.
10. Now heat a non-stick pan and add this mixture to it and cook on low heat for 3 minutes.
11. Take it out in the plate and let it cool down to room temperature.
12. Add pineapple essence and rub again with your palm for 3 minutes.
13. Now grease your hands and make balls from the mixture.
14. Flatten slightly from the top and garnish with 2-3 thin pieces of pineapple, mint leaves and tutti frutti or cherries.
15. Refrigerate for 1 hour and then serve.
16. Recipe courtesy: Maayeka