GULAAB JAMUN

Preparation  time:  30 mins

Cooking time:  10 mins

Serves: 15-20

Ingredients:
200 gm khoya/mava
100 gm grated cottage cheese
3 tbsp maida/all purpose flour
2 tbsp fine sooji/rava/semolina
1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
1 tbsp milk
1/4 tsp baking powder
oil for deep frying
2 cup sugar
1 tbsp rose water

Method:

1. Mash or grate khoya/mava in a bowl.There shouldn't be any lumps.
2. Add grated cottage cheese,semolina, all purpose flour and baking powder to the mashed khoya.
3. Add milk and gently mix all the ingredients to make a smooth dough.
4. Cover the dough and keep aside for 30 mins.
5. Make small balls from the dough. cover the balls and keep aside for another 10-15 minutes.
6. Heat one cup water in a large pan and add sugar and cardamom powder to it. Switch off the gas before the syrup reaches a one thread consistency.
7. Heat oil in a wok (kadahi) till it is medium hot. Lower the flame and gently fry the gulaab jamuns in medium hot oil.
8. Keep on rotating them in the oil till the gulaab jamuns are evenly browned.
9. Take out the gulaab jamuns from oil and place the hot gulab jamuns in the sugar syrup. 
10. Continue frying the gulaab jamuns this way in batches.
11. When all the jamuns are placed in the sugar syrup, then keep the whole pan with the sugar syrup and gulaab jamuns, on a low flame for a few minutes till the gulaab jamuns become soft.
12. Don't over cook as then the gulaab jamuns will break.
13. Garnish with slivered pistachios and serve gulab jamuns hot or warm.