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Gulab Jamuns

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Ingredients
  

Jamuns

  • Fresh Khoya 250 gms
  • Malai paneer 65 gms
  • 2 - 4 tbsps All Purpose Flour
  • Baking powder 1 tsp
  • 1 - 2 tsps Milk - optional
  • Oil for frying

Sugar syrup

  • Sugar) 5 cups
  • Water 3 3/4 cups
  • Rose Water 2 tbsps
  • Green Cardamom 6 pods
  • Few strands of Saffron

Garnish (optional)

  • Rose Petals
  • Silver leaf

Instructions
 

  • Grate the Khoya/Mava & Malai Paneer and knead it for 10 -15 mins
  • Add the Baking powder & the Flour as needed
  • Add a few tsps of Milk to knead if the dough is dry
  • Allow the dough to rest for 15 mins
  • To make the syrup allow the Sugar to dissolve in the Water
  • Add the Cardamon, the Rose syrup and the Saffron strands
  • Bring the syrup to the boil and then allow it to cool
  • Divide and roll the dough into balls that weigh 10 gms each and keep covered
  • Add these to oil that is heated to a moderate temperature and allow them to brown slowly
  • Add these to the warm sugar syrup
  • Allow the Jamuns to soak in the syrup for 2 - 4 hours
  • Serve warm or cold
  • Garnish with edible Rose petals and/or Silver leaf (optional)