Gulab Jamun:

Ingredients:

 Milk powder 2/3 rd cup

Self-raising flour 1/3 rd cup

Baking soda a pinch

Oil for Deep-frying

For sugar syrup

Sugar 500 gm

Water 400 ml

Few strands Saffron

Method:

Sieve Milk powder, self-raising flour & Baking soda, make sure no lumps.

Just add little water to make dough, cover with damp cloth and leave for 5 minutes.

Knead the dough few times into nice & soft and make into wall nut sized balls

Remember when they are soaked in syrup they will be double in size.

Fry them in hot oil in batches; drain the excess oil on kitchen towel.

Prepare syrup in separate saucepan adding sugar & water bring them to boil until all the sugar is dissolved.

Add saffron to this add these fried dough balls into this syrup.

Yummy Yummy Jamuns are ready to serve!

Note: Put the balls when the oil is really hot & let them fry in lower flame till they are golden brown in colour.

Gazar Ka Halwa:

Ingredients:

Grated Carrot 2cups

 Fresh Cream ½-cup

Butter Ghee 1/2cup

Sugar 1or1and1/2 cups

Green Cardamom few

Nuts and Raisins to garnish

Method:

Put the Butter Ghee and Grated Carrot in Saucepan let it cook for 10 minutes covered in medium flame

 Add cream cook till cream evaporates then add sugar cook uncovered for 5 more minutes (when sugar is melted then the sweat is ready)

You can flavour it with just adding powdered cardamom and garnish with nuts (lightly roasted in Ghee).

Mix well and serve with some Ice cream or whipped cream.

Note: Just add one-cup sugar and check if it needs more.

Butter Ghee you can get from any Asian food store.

Ghee Mysore Pak

Ingredients:

Besan Flour 1 Cup

Melted Ghee 1 Cup

Sugar    1 cup

Method:

Fry the Besan flour without any oil or ghee in very low flame till the raw smell goes off or you can just put 2-3 minutes in microwave.

Put the sugar and little water in saucepan boil till the syrup comes to single thread consistency.

Add the Besan slowly & alternatively ghee little by little.

When the mixture thickens & lightly browned immediately pour into greased tray.

Cut in desired shapes & enjoy!

Groundnut sweet

Ingredients:

Groundnuts 1 cup

Clarified butter 1 tsp

Powdered Sugar 1 cup

Greased tin

Method:

Take a heavy bottomed saucepan.

Put the sugar and Ghee. When sugar is melting make sure no lumps.

When Sugar comes to golden brown colour add the groundnuts and mix well to coat caramel on the nuts. After a minute put it in greased tin to let it cool down.

Break into small pieces and store in airtight jar

Groundnut preparation:

Roast the Ground nuts for 5-10 minutes and when they warm enough to touch rub them with hands to take off the skins. In some shops you can get skinless ones.