India's Rasmalai Garnered All The Love:2nd Best Dessert Featuring Cheese Globally

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Indian sweets and desserts are perfect for all occasions and essential to the Indian food ethos. They are relished by food fanatics worldwide and have garnered all the love because of their supreme taste.

Ras-Malai, an Indian dessert having its roots in Bengal has clinched 2nd place out of all the world's cheese desserts in a catalog of cheese desserts by Cuisine and destination discovery platform- called Taste Atlas.

Sernik, a dessert from Poland sealed 1st place and Greece's Stafkianopita marked 3rd place furthermore Melopita again from Greece made it to the 10th position, making Greece the only country having two sweet dishes making their mark in the top 10 globally.

Ras-Malai is a melange of two words i.e. Ras which is juice and Malai signifies cream. The Indian delicacy has flat cottage cheese(chenna) cakes imbued with a dash of cardamom or at times saffron in sweetened milk, also called Rabdi.

Ras-Malai has flat cottage cheese(chenna) cakes imbued with a dash of cardamom or at times saffron in sweetened milk, also called Rabdi

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History Of Ras-Malai:

The Ras-Malai traditionally called Rosh-Malai stemmed from the Bengal region, and is a collaboration of two Bengal-based words i.e.Rosh (symbolizing Juice) and Malai (symbolizing Clotted Cream). It evolved as a festive dessert in the 17th century, as part of the Janmashtami celebrations observed by Bengali Hindus. The sweet delicacy marked extensive acknowledgment when the Sen Brothers disclosed their recipe at the Mathri Bhandar situated in Comilla, Bangladesh.

As the years passed by, the dish became famous across South Asia with versions such as K.C Das's Ras Malai, from Kolkata. The Sen Brothers proclaim to be the original initiator of Ras-Malai. Presently, Bangladesh is figuring out geographical indication recognition for Ras Malai from Comilla.

The top 10 cheese-based desserts are:

1 Sernik from Poland

2 Rasmalai from India

3 Stafkianopita from Greece

4 New-York style Cheesecake from USA

5 Japanese Cheesecake from Japan

6 Basque Cheesecake from Spain

7 Rakoczi turos from Hungary

8 Melopita from Greece

9 Kasekuchen from Germany

Conclusively, Indian Ras-Malai is a relished treat globally signifying the rich diversity of Indian sweets gaining worldwide recognition.

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References:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/rasmalai-ranks-second-on-the-list-of-worlds-best-cheese-desserts/articleshow/108590514.cms

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/rasmalai-second-best-cheese-dessert-world-history-recipe-india-9218884/

https://www.timesnownews.com/lifestyle/food/news/rasmalai-ranked-among-the-worlds-best-cheese-desserts-article-108540226

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_malai#:~:text=Origin%20and%20etymology,-The%20original%20term&text=The%20sweet%20became%20popular%20and,South%20Asia%20apart%20from%20Bengal.