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Rooh Afza Gulab Jamuns

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • Jamuns
  • Fresh Khoya 250 gms
  • Malai paneer 65 gms
  • 2 - 4 tbsps All Purpose Flour
  • Baking powder 1 tsp
  • 1 tbsp Rooh Afza
  • Pink food coloring - optional
  • 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
  • Pistachios

Method
 

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