Sweet potatoes (shakarkandi) gulab jamun

Name: Sweet potatoes (shakarkandi) gulab jamun
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gram sweet potatoes; 2 tablespoon Maida or refined flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon Powdered cardamom; 1 1/2 cup sugar; as needed Water; as needed And refined oil for deep frying; A few almonds

Dipasikha Nandi @dipasikha1961

Bhubaneswar

#dusshera. This is a very special recipe which is pass on to me by my mother in law and the tradition goes on.....

Dipasikha Nandi @dipasikha1961

Bhubaneswar

#dusshera. This is a very special recipe which is pass on to me by my mother in law and the tradition goes on.....

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 servings

400 gramsweet potatoes
2 tablespoonMaida or refined flour
1/2 teaspoonbaking powder
1/2 teaspoonPowdered cardamom
1 1/2 cupsugar
as neededWater
as neededAnd refined oil for deep frying
A fewalmonds

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Pressure cook the sweet potatoes with skin..
2

Let it cool for sometime.
3

Mash the sweet potatoes with maida & baking powder.
4

Make sure there are no lumps.
5

Divide the mixture into equal portions.
6

Make small balls from the mixture.
7

Keep it aside.
8

Heat refined oil in medium heat.
9

Deep fry the balls till golden brown.
10

Now take sugar & 1 cup water in a pan.
11

Keep the pan in slow flame.stir,so that the Sugar melt.
12

Cook the syrup till you get half stirring consistency.
13

The syrup should feel sticky and not watery.
14

Switch off the flame and and add 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder.mix well & keep it aside.
15

The syrup should be hot or warm when you added the jamuns in it.
16

Decorate it with almond.
17

Serve