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GULKAND KALA JAMUN

Apr-13-2016
Shaheen Ali
15 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
10 People
Serves
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ABOUT GULKAND KALA JAMUN RECIPE

The very famous sweet from Pushkar, Rajasthan. Gulkand stuffed fried khoya dumplings in sugar syrup is a must have in every special occasions in Rajasthan.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Rajasthan
  • Dessert

Ingredients Serving: 10

  1. Khoya / Mawa - 1 cup
  2. All purpose flour/ Maida - 3 tbsp
  3. Semolina / Sooji/ Rawa - 1 tbsp
  4. Cooking Soda - 1/8 tsp
  5. Cooking Oil - sufficient quantity for deep frying
  6. For filling :
  7. Rose preserve / Gulkand - 2 tbsp
  8. Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
  9. Cashews - few finely chopped
  10. For Sugar Syrup :
  11. Water - 2 cups
  12. Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
  13. Saffron strands - few (optional)
  14. Rose water - 1 tsp
  15. Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
  16. For Garnish :
  17. Dry or Fresh rose petals - few
  18. Edible silver leaf - 1 (optional)

Instructions

  1. Add khoya with maida, sooji and baking powder and gently knead to form a soft dough. Cover it with a muslin cloth and keep aside to rest for 10 mins
  2. Heat sufficient oil in a wok for deep frying. Meanwhile prepare the balls.
  3. Grease your hands lightly with ghee and pinch a small lemon sized ball from the dough mix.
  4. Make a depression in the center with your index finger and drop little gulkand, small pinch of cardamom powder and few chopped nuts in the center.
  5. Fold the dough mix from the sides towards inside and seal the ball.
  6. As soon as the oil is medium hot, lower the flames to medium heat and drop in the gulkand stuffed khoya balls in equal batches.
  7. Simmer the gas and allow the let the balls fry from all sides till they turn almost black in color.
  8. While the khoya balls are frying let us make the sugar syrup.
  9. Now add saffron, rose water and cardamom powder and let the sugar cook with water till it acquires one string.
  10. Turn off the gas and drop the fried balls in the syrup and let them rest for sometime so that the syrup gets inside the balls nicely.
  11. Gulkand stuffed kala jamun is ready to serve. You can ether serve it hot or can also refrigerate it before serving.
  12. Garnish the kala jamun with fresh or dry rose petals and can also use edible silver leaf if required.

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Tasi Naaz
Jul-28-2016
Tasi Naaz   Jul-28-2016

Shaheen Ali
Apr-17-2016
Shaheen Ali   Apr-17-2016

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