Ras malai, also known as rasamalei, or roshmalai, is a dessert that originated in the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent.

[1] The dessert is called roshmalai in Bengali,[2] ras malai in Hindi,[3] and rasa malei in Odia.

[3] The sweet allegedly became popular when the Sen brothers opened Matri Bhandar in 1930 and shared their ancestral recipe at Tipperah district (now Comilla, Bangladesh) of the Bengal Province.

[6][7] Soon in the mid 20th century, Ras Malai became a regionally popular sweets across South Asia apart from Bengal.

[8] The Sen brothers of Comilla operating under the Matri Bhandar brand claim to be the original maker of the dessert.