Gulab Jamun - Chefnet

Recipe Ingredients

70		Cottage cheese - (paneer)
3		Baking soda
2		Cardamom powder
60		Flour
500		Khoya - (dried milk)
500		Oil - for frying
25		Pistachios - (blanched, skinned), chopped
1		Saffron - (1/4 tsp) dissolved in -
15		Milk
1		Sugar - (5 cups)
500		Water - (2 1/2 cups)

Recipe Instructions

A sweet made from cottage cheese .

METHOD

1. In a bowl break up the khoya, mix the paneer and rub the mixture to a fine creamy texture.

2. Sieve the flour and baking soda together, mix with the khoya mixture and knead to a soft dough.

3. Divide the dough into 20 equal-size balls and cover with a moist cloth.

4. In a pan boil together the water and sugar, removing the scum from time to time. Cook on low heat until the syrup has one-thread consistency.

5. In a bowl combine the chopped pistachios, saffron dissolved in milk and cardamon powder into a thick paste. Divide the paste in 20 small balls.

6. Insert each ball into one of the paneer dumplings and seal and make balls.

7. Heat the oil in a pan. Fry the dumplings over very slow heat, till they are golden in color. Remove them from the oil with a slotted spoon and immediately transfer into the sugar syrup. Leave in the syrup for at least 1-2 hours.

TO SERVE

Serve hot with the syrup.

Source:
Chefnet

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