Indian sweats(mithai)




CREAM JAMUN ,BURFEE ,CHANA MAGAJ ,PENDA


Cream GoolabJamun           

1/2 cup condensed milk

1/2 cup Nestlé cream

2 tblsp butter ghee

5 tbslp semolina

1 teaspoon elachi powder

pinch of nutmeg

2 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder


Method

 condensed milk and cream.

Add the ghee, semolina, elachi powder and nutmeg.

Sift in the flour and baking powder.

Knead into a soft dough. Add a little more flour if required. The dough should come away clean off the bowl.


Cover and stand for a few minutes then shape into chubby gulab

Fry in medium to oil and dip the hot gulab jamuns in syrup for at least a minute.


Let it stand for a few minutes then cut carefully and fill.

Garnish with gold leaf and pistachios or whatever you like.


Syrup

1 1/2 cups sugar

3/4 cup water

few strands of saffron (lightly roasted first)

1 tsp rose essence

2 cinnamon sticks


Bring all of the above to a boil. Once the syrup thickens slightly, remove from the heat and cool a little before using. 


BURFI... 


Makes approx 45 pieces


Ingredients

500g milk powder

1/2 cup fresh cream.


Mix together and allow to dry a few hours

Sift out properly and press through all lumps.


Set aside


Make the syrup as follows

1/2,cup milk

1/2 cup carnation evaporated milk

1/2 cup fresh cream

1 1/2 cups sifted icing sugar

2 tsp freshly ground elachi powder

1 tsp rose water

1 heaped tblsp ghee


Combine all of the above and bring to a boil.

Lower the heat and simmer for at least 10 mins.

Add the mixture and stir well until it comes clean away from the side of the pot.

Set in a shallow dish.

Almonds can be coloured easily by adding the colour and microwaving for 30,seconds until dry.

 

CHANA MAGAJ


500g gram flour

60ml milk

625ml icing sugar

5ml each ground cardamom and nutmeg

500ml butter ghee

15ml ghee

500ml klim

Tinted slivered almonds

Method

Sieve gram flour. Add 15ml ghee and milk ,run with finger tips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Braise this in melted ghee in a thick based pot.

Stir occasionally for 45 minutes untilon flour changes to a golden brown. Empty mixture into a large mixing bowl and cool well.

Add icing sugar, klim and flavourings and knead well. Set mixture in a deep casserole and sprinkle with almonds.


PENDA

3 cups milk powder

3 cups icing sugar 

6 Tbs condensed milk

1/2 cup dessert cream

1/2 tsp rose essence

1/2 tsp elachi powder


Sift milk powder and icing sugar into a bowl

Add condensed milk and cream

Add rose essence and elachi

Mix into a soft dough. Add gel colour.

Roll into balls or pipe rosettes,mould or use cutters.

Decorate with coloured almonds

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