Here we have my favorite Indian sweet with a Caribbean twist, goolab jamoon. The fragrant, rich dough is heavenly. It’s the second sweet that I learned make from my mama *grandmother*. Now I’ve visited a couple Indian restaurants in the US and whenever I order the goolab jamoon I get something totally different! It’s these round balls soaked in syrup. Which leads me to believe that the recipe must have changed on its way to the Caribbean from India.
Nevertheless both are deliciously sweet and I can easily eat them all in one sitting ππ
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
4 cups flour
1 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 cup powdered milk
1 can condensed milk
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 cup oil for frying
2 cups white sugar
1 tsp grated ginger
4 cups water
DIRECTIONS
1. Rub butter into the flour, cardamom and powdered milk until crumbly
2. Add the other milks to the flour and knead lightly to combine. * Or use a food processor with dough blade*
3. Form almond shapes about 2 inches long and deep fry until golden brown
4. Boil sugar, ginger and water to a thick syrup (it should spin a thread when the spoon is raised)
5. Pour syrup over the fried goolab jamoon and stir continuously until the sugar crystallizes .
Oh delicious – my husband always talks about these as a sweet treat he had growing up in an Indian family….
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No way! Tell him I’ll send some in the mail hahaha
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Looks very tasty! I’d try that! π
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Once you start eating it’s very hard to stop lol
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I can imagine! π
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I still want that lol!
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I told you to come get it lol I’m still waiting!
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Hahaha now I’m hungry!
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I made curried chicken today too!
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Hahaha nice! ππ
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Where’s the post? π
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I didn’t post it sorrrryyyyy
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Ahhhh! π
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Yes, In India it’s soaked in thick sugar syrup. This looks just as delicious. I’ll definitely try your recipe.
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I recently got to try some from India! It was in a very sweet syrup, I liked it π
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Yeah, Indian desserts are super sweet. Have you tried rasgulla?
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