Gulabjamuns make a very tasty sweet treat for the Diwali preparations. Children especially love these deep fried balls soaked in sugar syrup. They are very easy to make and can be prepared in half an hour. Here are some easy recipes for Gulabjamuns. Better still, the ingredients are easy to find any the dish can even be prepared by novices for Diwali in 2012:
1. What you need:
- Milk powder (made of cow’s milk)- 1 cup
- All-purpose flour- ½ cup
- Clarified butter (ghee) for frying.
- Baking soda- ½ teaspoon.
For the sugar syrup
- Sugar- 2 cups
- Water 1 cup
To prepare:
- Mix milk powder, all-purpose flour and baking soda in a bowl.
- Add a little water to make a soft dough. Knead the dough so that not lumps are present.
- Divide the dough into 10-15 parts to make smooth round balls.
Sugar syrup:
- Boil 2 cups of sugar in 1 cup of water.
- Boil until the mixture thickens to one-string consistency.
- Remove from heat and cool.
- Heat the ghee and fry the balls in low heat until golden in colour.
- Drain and drop each ball in the sugar syrup.
- Let it soak for ½ hour and your Gulabjamuns are ready to serve.
2. What you need
- 250 grams of Khoya (mawa) made from cow’s milk.
- One tablespoon refined flour (Maida).
- 1/4th teaspoon cardamom powder.
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 ½ cup water
- Clarified butter (ghee) for frying.
To prepare
- Grate khoya and mix with refined flour.
- Add cardamom powder to this mix.
- Add a little water to make a smooth dough.
- Divide the dough into equal sized round balls.
- Prepare the sugar syrup by boiling the sugar with water till it thickens to a one-string consistency.
- Remove from heat and cool.
- Heat the ghee.
- Fry the balls in the ghee on a low flame until golden in colour. Keep the flame low so that the balls are cooked inside. If the balls crack, add a little more flour to the dough.
- Drain and drop them into the sugar syrup. Let it sit till the syrup is soaked to the insides of the balls.
Garnish:
- Garnish the Gulabjamuns with raisins, nuts and grated coconut before serving.
- You can also serve hot Gulabjamuns with vanilla ice cream.
Variations
- You can stuff the balls with your favorite nut or candy sugar to add a surprise element.
- Drain the Gulabjamuns and dip them in chocolate sauce, chill before serving.
- Add a few saffron strands in the sugar syrup to give the Gulabjamuns a nice golden hue.
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