Paneer gulab jamun (Diwali special sweet)

Diwali special Paneer Gulab jamun. It is very easy to do in home. It is an special sweet, which is made in all homes in India in a festival times. It 's an yummy tastiest sweet to be made in home within 10- 15 minutes.

Preparation Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 15 mins

Soaking Time : 30 mins to 1 hour

Makes : 10 to 12 jamuns

Ingredients:

• Paneer - 1 cup crumbled ( Recipe here)
• All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 tblspn
• Baking Soda / Cooking Soda - a pinch
• Oil or Ghee for Deep frying

For Syrup:

• Sugar - 1 cup
• Water - 1 cup
• Rose Water few drops (optional)
• Saffron a pinch (optional)

Method:

• Take sugar and water in a sauce pan, heat and bring it to a boil, boil it for 5 mins, it will get thick in this time. Add in  rose water and saffron and pour this into a large bowl. Keep warm
• Take crumbled paneer and mash them really well.
• Add in baking soda and flour. Knead to a soft smooth dough.
• Now take small portion of the dough, roll it into a smooth ball
• Now heat oil for deep frying, drop jamuns in hot oil and fry on a medium heat till golden. Keep mixing this for even colouring.
• Now drain them and add to the warm syrup immediately.
• Let them soak for 30 mins or more.
• Remove the jamuns carefully into a bowl and chill. Serve cold or hot.

Notes:

1)Mashing the paneer is the main step, so mash them till smooth.

2)Dont add too much maida, if your mix is sticky, then add another tblspn of maida. If you add too much maida then the jamuns will get hard.

3)Fry the jamuns in low to medium heat, a trick is, once you add jamuns to oil, dont stir immediately, leave them for a min them stir so you dont break the balls.

4)The syrup has to be warm, the jamuns should be hot..So when you put hot jamun in syrup, it absorbs the syrup well.