#malai

[loafobesesses]

Some appearance notes for my JJBA Oc Malai and her sisters, Payeesh and Firni, made by the lovely @affi-taffi-too, they're all part 5-4 ocs that I *Will* be elaborating on later

[fandoomed-len]

getting sad thinking about how malai (that creamy film that forms on top of milk when it is heated or boiled) isn't important to westerners even though they drink milk all the time. what do you mean you don't add it to milk tea or coffee or yogurt for a better experience even though you have so much milk? you could be having an extra element in all of your drinks so easily.

[suwatjanee-02]

Finished a few KoFi doodles today so I worked on Grant and Inisa’s daughter, Malai.

Malai and her cousins, Lilo Shid’t and Stevie!

[travel-kat]

Lotusblüten

[ronniefein]

Romanian Cheese Cake (Malai)

My grandmother occasionally made a fabulous cornmeal dish — she called it mamaliga, the national dish of Romania — and served it with sweetened, mashed farmer cheese and sour cream. Sometimes with a drizzle of maple syrup over everything.

I never knew it as Malai, a classic Romanian Shavuot treat, but that’s what it was. But it wasn’t her usual, plain “cornmeal mush” because it also had eggs and sugar mixed into the batter.

All I knew was how delicious it tasted.

So, over the years I experimented over and over until I made a version that tastes something like what I remember.

Here it is, in time for Shavuot.

ROMANIAN MALAI

THE BATTER:

6 tablespoons butter

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup finely ground cornmeal

1/3 cup sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup milk, half-and-half or buttermilk

2 large eggs

filling

sour cream, whipped cream, ice cream, etc. optional

extra sugar or maple syrup

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8-inch cake pan. Melt the butter and set it aside to cool. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt and mix to distribute the ingredients evenly. Add the milk, eggs and cooled, melted butter and mix on medium speed for 1-2 minutes or until thoroughly blended. Spoon one half of the cornmeal mixture into the prepared pan and spread the batter to make it even. Top with the filling. Top with the remaining batter (spread the batter to make a smooth, even top crust). Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the cake is set.

Serve the cake warm, room temperature or slightly chilled. Serve plain or topped with sour cream (traditional), whipped cream or ice cream. (I add about 2 teaspoons of sugar for each cup of sour cream used as a garnish).

Makes 8-10 servings

THE FILLING:

1 pound farmer’s cheese

1 large egg

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon finely grated fresh lemon peel

Mix the farmer’s cheese, egg, sugar and lemon peel until the ingredients are well blended.

[amiigrowsinbrooklyn]

Frozen Sweetness

[ikassiaworld]

OK sooo, my sister went to bed without drinking her Haldi wala doodh (that's Turmeric latte for non Indians) so I put it in the fridge. It's 2am and I'm. Kinda hungry, so I pulled it out pit the malai over my face, rubbing the cream in and I hope I wake up with radiant, moisturized skin. Follow for more health + beauty 2 in one hacks 😊💯🌹