Shakarkandi Ke Gulab Jamun Recipe (Sweet Potato Gulab Jamun)
A vegetarian North Indian Recipes recipe with sweet potato - mashed, tablespoons all purpose flour (maida), cardamom powder (elaichi). Ready in 50 min, serves 12.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
14 steps- 1
To begin making the Shakarkandi Ke Gulab Jamun recipe, boil sweet potatoes in a pressure cooker, peel and mash them well with fork or with your hands
sweet potato - mashed(2 cups) - 2
Collect mashed sweet potatoes in a mixing bowl and add all purpose flour and salt and mix well
sweet potato - mashed(2 cups)tablespoons all purpose flour (maida)(2)pinch salt(1) - 3
Knead to make a soft and smooth dough
- 4
Now pinch a lemon sized ball from the dough, flatten it slightly and add around 1/4 teaspoon of sugar in the centre, close and roll to make a smooth ball
pinch salt(1)-3 tablespoons sugar(2)sugar(2 cups) - 5
Similarly make 12 to 15 balls from the rest of the dough and keep aside
- 6
Meanwhile make the sugar syrup
-3 tablespoons sugar(2)sugar(2 cups) - 7
Take sugar and water in a kadhai and boil till sugar dissolves
-3 tablespoons sugar(2)water(1 cup)sugar(2 cups)-3 drops rose water(2) - 8
Add rose water and saffron into it and boil for another 4 to 5 minutes
water(1 cup)-3 drops rose water(2)-5 saffron strands(4) - 9
No need to make 1 string syrup
- 10
Collect the syrup in a separate bowl and keep aside
- 11
Heat ghee/oil in a wok/kadai and once the oil is hot, simmer the gas and carefully drop in the dough balls
ghee - or oil(2 cups) - 12
Fry the jamuns till deep golden in colour from all the sides
- 13
Collect the fried jamuns and drop them in the sugar syrup and let them soak well
-3 tablespoons sugar(2)sugar(2 cups) - 14
Serve Shakarkandi Ke Gulab Jamun hot/warm or cold
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Shakarkandi Ke Gulab Jamun Recipe (Sweet Potato Gulab Jamun)
A vegetarian North Indian Recipes recipe with sweet potato - mashed, tablespoons all purpose flour (maida), cardamom powder (elaichi). Ready in 50 min, serves 12.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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Directions
14 steps- 1
To begin making the Shakarkandi Ke Gulab Jamun recipe, boil sweet potatoes in a pressure cooker, peel and mash them well with fork or with your hands
sweet potato - mashed(2 cups) - 2
Collect mashed sweet potatoes in a mixing bowl and add all purpose flour and salt and mix well
sweet potato - mashed(2 cups)tablespoons all purpose flour (maida)(2)pinch salt(1) - 3
Knead to make a soft and smooth dough
- 4
Now pinch a lemon sized ball from the dough, flatten it slightly and add around 1/4 teaspoon of sugar in the centre, close and roll to make a smooth ball
pinch salt(1)-3 tablespoons sugar(2)sugar(2 cups) - 5
Similarly make 12 to 15 balls from the rest of the dough and keep aside
- 6
Meanwhile make the sugar syrup
-3 tablespoons sugar(2)sugar(2 cups) - 7
Take sugar and water in a kadhai and boil till sugar dissolves
-3 tablespoons sugar(2)water(1 cup)sugar(2 cups)-3 drops rose water(2) - 8
Add rose water and saffron into it and boil for another 4 to 5 minutes
water(1 cup)-3 drops rose water(2)-5 saffron strands(4) - 9
No need to make 1 string syrup
- 10
Collect the syrup in a separate bowl and keep aside
- 11
Heat ghee/oil in a wok/kadai and once the oil is hot, simmer the gas and carefully drop in the dough balls
ghee - or oil(2 cups) - 12
Fry the jamuns till deep golden in colour from all the sides
- 13
Collect the fried jamuns and drop them in the sugar syrup and let them soak well
-3 tablespoons sugar(2)sugar(2 cups) - 14
Serve Shakarkandi Ke Gulab Jamun hot/warm or cold
Rate this recipe
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