Name: SWEET POTATO GULAB JAMUN recipe by Swathy Nandhini at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Sweet potato – 2 medium size; All purpose flour – 3 TBSP; Salt – 1/4 tsp; Oil – for frying; For Sugar Syrup:; Sugar – 2 Cups; Water – 1 Cup; Cardamom – 2; Rose water – 2 tsp

ABOUT SWEET POTATO GULAB JAMUN RECIPE

Sweet potato gulab jamun is very simple and healthy sweet. This tastes absolutely delicious and different from the normal jamuns.

Ingredients Serving: 12

Sweet potato – 2 medium size
All purpose flour – 3 TBSP
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Oil – for frying
For Sugar Syrup:
Sugar – 2 Cups
Water – 1 Cup
Cardamom – 2
Rose water – 2 tsp

Instructions

Wash and boil sweet potatoes until it is completely soft.
Meanwhile prepare sugar syrup by boiling sugar and water until sticky. No need of any consistency. Remove from flame and add cardamom and rose water.
Peel the skin and mash it well without lumps using masher or hand.
Add all purpose flour and salt to it and knead into smooth dough. Take small portion out of dough and roll into small balls. Keep aside.
Heat oil for frying in a pan. Check by dropping small piece of dough, it has to rise slowly to top. This is the correct temperature.
Keep the flame in medium to low, drop the balls slowly. Do not turn immediately and fry until it turns golden brown on all sides.
Remove from oil and drain excess oil in kitchen tissues. Drop it slowly into sugar syrup. Let it remain for a minute and remove from syrup. The jamuns will absorb the syrup fast so remove from syrup after a minute.
The sweet potato jamuns are ready.

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