How To Make Rasgulla

What is your choice when it comes to sweets?

What?............... Rasgullas............... is that what your thinking,

I don’t think you’d find anyone who’d say no to them. Not even the hubby who doesn’t really have a sweet tooth says no to Rasgullas! I made these for a special occasion last week, and here’s a visual treat for you guys as well…

Ingredients

• 1/2 liter Milk
• 2 tsp Flour (maida)
• 1/4 tsp Lemon Juice
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 cup Water
• 4-5 drops Rosewater Essence

1. Heat milk in a pan and bring it to boil for about 8-10 minutes.

2. When it starts boiling, add lemon juice and wait for the milk to curdle completely.
3. Remove from the heat and let it cool for about 3-5 minutes.
4. Pour over a thin muslin/cotton cloth and tie it with a tight knot. On straining this milk, the curd is obtained is called "paneer". wash paneer well using muslin cloth under cold running water to remove lemon juice flavor.
5. Knead paneer for about 5-7 minutes to make a smooth dough. Add flour and knead again for few minutes.The softness of the rasgulla depends on how well you knead the paneer. The more you knead, the more spongy will be the rasgullas

6. Make smalls of about 1 inch in size (8-10) of the dough and keep aside.
7. Next make sugar syrup. Mix sugar, water, and cardamom powder in a saucepan and bring it to boil.
8. Add paneer balls to the hot syrup on a medium heat and cook for about 15-20 minutes with lid partially covered.
9. Transfer into a serving dish.
10. Refrigerate and serve chilled.

How To Make Sweets At Home (Gulab Jamun)

INGREDIENTS :

Gulab Jamun Khoya or unsweetened Khoya : 500 gms
Sugar : 500 gms
Cardamom : 7-8
Water : 2-1/2 Cups
Cornflour : 100 gms
Rose Essence : 1 tablespoon
Soda : 1 pinch
Saffron : a pinch

METHOD :

1. Bring the water, rose water and sugar to boil. Add saffron to it, remove from fire. Keep aside.
2. Mash the khoya in hand and pass it through a fine sieve.
3. Make powder of the cardamom. Add to it along with the cornflour.
4. Mix cooking soda in little water. Add to the mixture above. Mix all the ingredients above but don't knead too much.
5. Then make small balls and fry over low flame. Keep over sieve for excess oil to drain off.
6. When you put the gulab jamun in sugar syrup, it must be quite warm.

SIMPLE N  EASY GULAB JAMUN

Take 2 ½ cups dry milk powder. Add ½ cup all purpose Flour ( Maida) , 1/8 ^th tsp cooking soda and 1 ½ cups heavy cream. Knead well till a soft dough is made. Add cardamom powder. Make small balls and fry in oil/ ghee till golden brown. Put in sugar syrup as explained above.

Here is the video explaining how to make gulab jamun