Thursday, November 1, 2012

Gulab Jamun - Version 3 ~~SNC Challenge

Gulab jamuns are spongy balls,a quite famous North Indian sweets prepared usually with khoya and maida ,later they are fried in oil and soaked in sugar syrup. Usually we South Indians prepare this spongy juicy jamuns with store bought jamun mix, which makes the life easier. But after becoming a food blogger, i crossed many easy breezy preparation of this jamun with household ingredients especially with milk powder or else with homemade khoya. For our this month's South VS North India challenge, an event by Divya, two of our group members challenged with two beautiful dishes.

For Southern India team, Pallavi Purani of Cook Eat Burrrp shared gulab jamun for this month's challenge while Yasodha of Yasodha's Kitchen challenged Northern India team with Adhirasam. As am a part of Southern team, i have to prepare gulab jamun. When i received the challenge mail,immediately i went through the mail and i found that Pallavi shared an another interesting version of gulab jamun with milkpowder. Since i had all the ingredients in my hand, i prepared immediately this morning and served these super spongy jamuns to everyone after their lunch as dessert. Thanks Pallavi, this gulab jamun recipe is definitely a keeper and my jamuns turned out utlimately super spongy,prefect and absolutely delicious.Since i rolled my jamuns as tiny balls, they gets soaked quickly when compared to the medium sized balls, i got almost 40numbers of jamuns with the measurements Pallavi have given.


1cup Milk powder
3tbsp Maida
1+1/2tbsp Rava
3tbsp Cream
4tbsp Melted ghee
1pinch Baking powder
1cup Sugar
1cup Water
1tsp Rose water (optional)
Few pistachio nuts (chopped)
Dessicated coconut flakes (as per need)
Oil or ghee for frying

Sieve together the milkpowder,maida,rava and baking powder in a bowl.

Gradually add the cream and melted ghee and knead everything smoothly to form a dough.

Keep aside the dough covered with a towel for half an hour.

Meanwhile heat the water and sugar together in medium flame,boil it until the sugar gets dissolves and put off the stove. Keep aside and let it cool.

Now make small balls from the prepared dough, roll it well and these balls should have any cracks.

Heat the oil or ghee for deepfrying in medium flame.

Drop gently the rolled balls and fry in medium low flame until they turns golden brown, strain the excess of oil with a paper towel.

Add these fried balls to the already prepared sugar syrup and let them sit for an hour.

Serve gulab jamuns topped with chopped pistachios and dessicated coconut flakes.

Enjoy!

59 comments:

Srividhya Ravikumar said... Reply To This Comment

Absolutely inviting priya...

Divya A said... Reply To This Comment

Yay!! You earned points for our Southern team by completing the challenge first and hope you have linked too.. :)

Wow awesome work Priya :) How fast you are...Great work :) Looks teasingly yummy too :)
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divyagcp said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya!! That was super fast!! Looks awesome and super inviting!!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome priya!!! Super fast...Looks absolutely delicious...Lovely inviting click!!

Subhie Arun said... Reply To This Comment

v inviting..n tempting..bookmarked!

Subhie Arun said... Reply To This Comment

v inviting..n tempting..bookmarked!

Sharanya palanisshami said... Reply To This Comment

priya , looking great. so fast to post for the challenge.

Padmajha said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome Yaar!I will be making mine shortly.Yours looks fab...

virunthu unna vaanga said... Reply To This Comment

Hey Priya... what a fast in the challenge... gr8... jamun looks so tempting dear.... awesome...
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Love2cook Malaysia said... Reply To This Comment

Oh my goodness! You got me salivating dearie...ooo lala!

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Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

Absolutely delicious ,Thnk god, I've some left over gulab jamun to stisfy my cravings.. Deewali sweets seiya arambichacha?

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

Truly tempting jamuns..And I loved your cute bowls Priya.

great-secret-of-life said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy and spongy gluab jamun
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Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

oh dearie... am drooling here.. yummy preparation

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Stunning gulab jamuns :D
I am so glad you liked them.

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great-secret-of-life said... Reply To This Comment

Super soft and yummy jamuns
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meenab said... Reply To This Comment

wonderful u did it much better than i ever did it

congrats for earning points for southern team

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

delicious..Join me in Fast Food - Vermicilli event.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow.. they are so cute and tempting..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

they look very yummy...

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Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

Am salivating here,it looks very tempting...

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

looks yummy,soft and perfect....

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent clicks Priya...

Vidya Chandrahas said... Reply To This Comment

Spongy and delicious...love to eat one jamun.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Looks yum...very fast u completed he challenge dear...

Roshu said... Reply To This Comment

awesome and mouthwatering here

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

The jamuns are looking really tempting.. great work..:)

minnie@thelady8home said... Reply To This Comment

Beautifully presented, and it looks stunning. Delicious!!!

Yashodhas Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious Priya!!! Super fast !!! Great!!!!

Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

Super Yummy..

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Love the way you served it,so tempting and colorful with nuts and coconut

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

RARER I like those cute little bowls :) kudos to u. Made our south team proud

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

We all love jamuns..looks so delicious

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

Truly tempting Jamuns, looks so Yumm ...

Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

Very inviting n nice presentation!!!
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n said... Reply To This Comment

Gulab Juamuns have come out perfect...Yummy

Sravs said... Reply To This Comment

Very tempting and delicious sweet !!

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

Very yummy jamuns...

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Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya, This version looks so nice. Once I tied with milk powder and it was an utter flop. I have noted down your recipe and will try it soon...

turmericnspice said... Reply To This Comment

One of my favorite desserts !!very well made

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious gulab jamuns, Love the idea of using milk powder.

Saraswathi Ganeshan said... Reply To This Comment

Absolutely inviting Priya...

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Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect Gulab jamoons.With Diwali around the corner I have been going through your wonderful blog to decide what goodies to whip up for diwali.

Ivy said... Reply To This Comment

They do look perfect and I want to grab them from the screen:)

Jillu said... Reply To This Comment

lovely jamuns.... can i have some....

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks for being so quick and gaining points for our team Priya! They have come out very well dear. Very well explained

Mrs.Ahmed said... Reply To This Comment

MOUTH WATERING..!!!
THE PIC IS SOO TEMPTING...!!!

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farah saleem said... Reply To This Comment

oh man! delicious!

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Very tempting gulab jamuns! So delicious!

Priya Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

The Jamuns look lovely. The texture is perfect and I am sure it tasted great! Can you please let me know what brand of milk powder you used?

Priya Suresh said... Reply To This Comment

Priyakumar, mine is a french product called Regilait, any best quality will works out wonder.

sojo said... Reply To This Comment

lovely clicks...droolin here..

Sherin said... Reply To This Comment

yummy yumm. Me going to try today dear. Will let u know how it turned out :-)

Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

super perfect n amzing jamuns...

Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory) said... Reply To This Comment

Mouth watering here, they look perfect!

Nayana Shetti said... Reply To This Comment

Yummmy spongy jamuns.. am drooling over!!:-)

Sanoli Ghosh said... Reply To This Comment

Very inviting and absolutely divine gulabjamun.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Absolutely delicious!!! so soft, sppongy and yummy!!
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Sanoli Ghosh said... Reply To This Comment

fabulous gulab jamun Priya.