Gulab Jamun with Khoya
 
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Gulab Jamun is an Indian sweet made of milk solids and flour, which is deep fried and then soaked in sugar syrup, flavoured with cardamom or saffron.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 40
Ingredients
  • Khoya: 1 cup
  • All purpose flour or Maida: ½ cup
  • Cornflour: 1 tbsp
  • Baking soda: ¼th tsp
  • Milk: ½ cup
  • Oil for deep frying
  • For syrup:
  • Sugar: 1½ cups
  • Water: 1½ cups
  • Cardamom powder: ½ tsp
  • Saffron: a few strands (optional)
Method
  1. Mix flour, cornflour, baking soda and crumbled khoya.
  2. Add milk 1 tbsp at a time and start making a dough. You will need a little less than ½ cup milk.
  3. Knead this dough on a flat surface for at least 15 minutes till it is soft and smooth. Cover with plastic wrap or keep it in a covered container for 20 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, heat water in a saucepan and mix the sugar in it to make the syrup on medium heat.
  5. Stir the sugar till it dissolves and add cardamom powder and a few strands of saffron. Once the water level reduces and becomes almost half, remove from heat and let it cool.
  6. As it cools, apply a little ghee on your palms and make small balls from the dough.
  7. Heat oil on medium heat and deep fry the balls. Keep moving them for even coloring and cooking.
  8. Immediately transfer the balls to the sugar syrup. The syrup must be just lukewarm and not hot. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Recipe by The Saffron Platter at https://thesaffronplatter.com/366-gulab-jamun.html