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Gulab jamun (A)

















Ingredients

25 pieces
100 pieces
Mawa
75gms
1.8kg
Sugar
75gms
1.8kg
Cardamoms (crushed)
a pinch
10gms
Arrowroot
10gms
225gms
Water
35ml
885ml
Rose water
a few droops
5ml
Soda bicarbonate
a small pinch
a pinch
Fat to fry




Prepare a syrup of one-string consistency with water and sugar. Add the rose water. Pass the mawa through a sieve. Add crushed cardamoms, sieved arrowroot and a little cold water in which the soda bicarbonate has been dissolved. Make a soft dough without kneading. Divide into equal portions and shape into small balls. Fry in deep fat till light brown. The frying should be done on a very slow fire and the fat should be stirred constantly. Remove, cool for a short while and put into the cold syrup.