Sweet Potato Gulab Jamun

Sweet potato jamuns are prepared using boiled sweet potatoes,maida and milk powder and soaked in sugar syrup.These are easy to prepare and tastes great.

Sweet Potato Jamun (4)

 

Ingredients

  1. sweet Potato (3 medium size,Boiled) – 1 cup
  2. Maida/All purpose flour – 1/4 cup
  3. Milk Powder – 1/4 cup
  4. Ghee – 2 tsp
  5. Baking Powder – 1/4 tsp
  6. Oil – for frying

For sugar syrup

  1. Sugar – 3 cup
  2. Water – 11/2  cup
  3. Rose Essence – 1/2 tsp
  4. Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
  5. Lime juice- 1/2 tsp

Sweet Potato Jamun (1)

Preparation

  1. In a pressure cooker,add sweet potatoes with 1 1/2  cup of  water  . cover and cook for 3 whistles. let it cool down and open the lid. Drain the water. peel off the skin of potatoes and mash well or you can grind it.
  2. In a bowl, sieve all purpose flour and add milk powder,baking powder to it and mix well.
  3. Add mashed sweet potatoes to it and knead  well using hand  to get a  smooth dough without lumps. cover with a lid and keep aside for 10 minutes.Then Make small balls out of the dough.
  4. Prepare sugar syrup by boiling water and sugar.once it reaches half string consistency, it is done.Remove from fire.
  5. Add cardamom powder,rose essence and lime juice(to avoid crystallization of sugar) to it.
  6. Heat Oil in a pan. Drop a small ball to the oil and if it comes up,it is ready to fry.
  7. Reduce the flame to low and place the balls to the oil .Fry till golden brown in color.place the fried balls on a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
  8. Transfer the balls into warm sugar syrup.
  9. soak them in sugar syrup for a maximum of 4 hours.
  10. Garnish with Almonds.
  11. Serve chill.
 

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