FND: Gulab Jamun

So, I havent been cooking much for the past few months, cause I got bored of it, and also since I now have a bai coming in daily to cook for me!! So, I dont really spend any time in the kitchen.

However the last weekend, I was alone at home, and was asleep when the bai came, so I missed her, and had to fend for myself! While looking through all the shelves, I found this Gulab Jamun packet. I had bought it ages ago, when I was still in the cooking phase, but had not gotten to it since I thought it required a lot of work!

Anyway, with nothing better to do, I thought I'd give this a try.

Finally!

Kneading the flour took quite a long time, but I didn't really notice it since Devious Maids was going on and that is one interesting show! But the time the show got over, I realised I had been kneading the dough for about 45 minutes!! So after that I quickly rolled the dough into almost evenly sized balls, and heated up the oil to deep fry.

Deep frying

Whenever I used to make these Gulab Jamuns with Ma, I always thought frying them was the most complicated step, what with the hot oil and all. But on my own now, I realized that this was like the easiest step of all. You just carefully put them in boiling hot oil and let them fry. That's it!!

So, after frying till golden brown (the first batch came out a little yellow), I just soaked in the sugar syrup, and got tasty, hot, yummy gulab jamuns! First solo effort, and a success!!

Bon Apetit!

 Also, a Happy Diwali to all!