Gulab Jamun

My favorite sweet dish since i was a kid. I like the jamun served in hotels and sweet stalls better than the ready mix jamuns prepared at home..... Would always wonder why both are different in texture. So, i tried to make jamuns with paneer, khoya and maida instead of the instant jamun mix, like always. And...... voila!!!!!!!! i got the same texture as in sweet stalls........ and the taste was yummy. I have added rose petals from rose grown at home to this which enhanced the taste even more.


GULAB JAMUN:


Ingredients:

200 gms khoya (unsweetened)
100 gms paneer
5 tbsp maida
a pinch of cardamom powder

for the sugar syrup:

4 cups sugar
4 cups water
7-8 strands of saffron
cardamom powder from 8 cardamoms.
petals from 1 rose (i used 1 medium sized rose, it had around 15 petals)

Method of Preparation:

1. Crumble paneer and grate the khoya.
2. Mix the paneer and khoya to a smooth dough.
3. Mix in the maida and cardamom powder (at this point you can add soda-bi-carbonate if needed)
4. Make a smooth, lumpless dough of the above ingredients.
5. For the syrup, mix the water and sugar and bring it to a boil. Add the cardamom powder, saffron strands and rose petals to the syrup and switch off the flame after a minute.
6. Make small balls of the dough ( i made oval shapes as well) and fry these till reddish brown in ghee/oil. (Pic shown below)




7. Put this into the sugar syrup.

Serve this hot or cold and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!