Saturday, October 1, 2011

Tasty Diwali Sweets Recipe: Gulabjamuns

By Anukriti Parsai


Diwali 2011 without candy won't be a Diwali in the real sense. You can easily prepare yummy Gulabjamuns at home in no time at all. You can either make them the conventional way or go for the labour saving recipe (dependent on the provision of ingredients and time) :

Conventional recipe

Things required:

Khoya or mawa- 1 cup

Chenna (cottage cheese made using cow's milk) - 1/4th cup.

Soda bicarbonate - small spoon.

Clarified butter (ghee) for frying

Refined flour- 3 large spoon

Sugar- 2 cups

Water- 1 cup.

Cardamom powder -1 spoon

Saffron strands- 3

Strategy

Grate khoya and Chenna in a big bowl.

Add white flour, cardamom powder and soda bicarbonate. Mix comprehensively.

Add water, sufficient to make a soft dough.

Divide the dough into 10-15 parts and roll into smooth balls.

Prepare single strand sugar syrup by boiling sugar with water on a medium heat.

Deep-fry the balls in ghee at a low flame till golden in color.

Drain and soak into the prepared sugar syrup for a half hour before serving.

Fast Recipe

Things required:

Milk powder- 1 cup

Refined flour- cup

Baking soda- small spoon.

Cardamom powder- 1 spoon

Ghee for frying.

3 cups sugar

1 cup water

Method

Mix milk powder, refined flour and baking soda in an enormous bowl.

Add a little water and knead into a soft dough.

Divide the dough into 10-15 parts and roll into neat smooth balls.

Create a thick sugar syrup by boiling sugar with water. When the syrup is of a one thread consistency take off burner and permit it to cool.

Fry the pre-prepared balls in ghee at a low flame until golden in color.

Slowly drain and then soak the fried dough balls in sugar syrup till the syrup is drenched rich through the inside and your Gulabjamuns are just about ready to eat

You can add 1 or 2 fluctuations to the recipe by;

Then, by adding 1 or 2 drops of edible food colour to the dough bowl to make the insides of the Gulabjamuns colorful.

Try filling the fried balls with nuts, raisins, pistachios, sugar candy or your favorite chocolate for a very unique flavour.

Drop a few strands of saffron in the sugar syrup to get a rich crimson-gold colour.

Next, roll the Gulabjamuns in scraped coconut and slowly cool in the refrigerator just before they're served.

Lightly dip the Gulabjamuns in chocolate sauce and then chill in the fridge to allow the chocolate properly set prior serving

To serve:

You can serve them with syrup or without the syrup.

Serve hot Gulabjamuns with vanilla or flavored ice cream.

Garnish with grated almonds and cashew nuts before serving.




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