Sweet potato gulab jamun

Name: Sweet potato gulab jamun
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 grms sweet potatoes /shakkarkand; 1/4 th cup milk powder; 1 tbsp refined flour /maida; Pinch baking soda; Ghee for deep frying; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup water; 1/4 th tsp cardmom powder; Few saffron strands

Rupali Kolvekar @cook_12426173

Karwar (Karnataka)

#shivratri
Sweet potato gulab jamun is a unique and innovative dessert recipe.This recipe is ideal for vrats as it is falahari, not only it provides nourishment but also provides mouth watering experience.

Rupali Kolvekar @cook_12426173

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Ingredients

250 grmssweet potatoes /shakkarkand
1/4 th cup milk powder
1 tbsprefined flour /maida
Pinchbaking soda
Ghee for deep frying
For sugar syrup
1 cupsugar
1 cupwater
1/4 th tsp cardmom powder
Few saffron strands

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Steps

1

To prepare sugar syrup - boil water and add sugar to it keep stirring it till you get one string consistency syrup.add cardmom powder and saffron strands to this. Once done switch off the flame
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Keep this aside
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Boil sweet potato but it should not be mushy and too hard also, remove the skin and mash it into a bowl
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Take a mixing bowl add mashed sweet potato, milk powder, refined flour, baking soda knead it well without any lumps(dont add any water)
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Divide dough into equal portions Apply little oil in ur palms and make roundles without any cracks
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Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai on medium heat
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Once ghee is hot drop jamuns in it, cook it by stirring occasionally on medium flame
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Fry jamuns till golden brown in colour (make sure your flame is not high)
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Transfer fried jamuns into slightly hot sugar syrup and allow it to rest for 1-2 hrs
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Sweet potato gulab jamuns are ready to serve.
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Note - you may need more or less milk powder
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Boil sweet potato in same way as how we boil potatoes
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You can use oil also for deep frying instead of ghee