Papaya Shemai (পেঁপের সেমাই)

 রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients:

1. Grated papaya - 2 cups
2. Milk- 500 ml
3. Sugar - 1/4 cup or to taste
4. Cardamom- 2 pieces
5. Bay leaf- 1 piece
6. Cinnamon- 1 piece
7. Salt- 1 pinch
8. Ghee/ clarified butter- 1/2 cup
9. Milk powder - 1 Tbs (optional)
10. Chopped Almond- 1/4 cup

Procedure:

1. Boil around 4 cups of water in a pan. When water start to boil add the grated papaya, and salt; and boil them for around 1 minutes. Then drain the water through a strainer and keep aside.
2. Boil the milk and reduce it to around 3/4. Set it aside.
3. Now heat ghee in a pan. Add the cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf, half of the chopped almond and boiled grated papaya; and fry them for around 5 minutes in a medium heat.
4. Then add the milk slowly in the fried papaya and stir it (do not add all the milk at once, the milk may start to curdling).
5. Add the sugar and mix it. Boil it in a medium heat for around five minutes. Then spread the milk powder and stir it in shemai. Turn off the heat.
6. Pour the papaya shemai in a serving bowl, garnish the top with the rest of the chopped almond and serve.