In August 2011, just a few months after I had moved to US, I volunteered to bring a dessert to a pot luck dinner. The dinner was held at someone's place who was hosting the Teej festival for people around the area, and was expecting about 90 adults and kids for the get-together. The pot luck was a first for me, and without understanding the time and energy it would take to make something for 90 people on the day I would be fasting – I told them I would bring Ras Malai. I was an idiot. An over-confident idiot.
After I brought all the ingredients and was ready to make Ras Malai, I called a neighbor-friend over to help me out. She was as newly married and as inexperienced in the kitchen as I, but we both were prepared to make Ras Malai. At least about 90 pieces of Ras Malai to feed 90 people, also considering there would be couple of other desserts brought by two other volunteers.Continue Reading »»»
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