How to Make Gulab Jamun – Popular Traditional and Easy Dessert Recipes

Gulab jamun

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Recipe to celebrate the vibrant Hindu festival of lights.

Gulab jamun are a popular classic Indian sweet originally made of milk solids, sugar, water rose and cardamom powder.

These sticky-sweet deep-fried dough balls aren’t for those on a diet, but are an authentic Indian sweet.

This recipe requires 1-2 hours Preparation time, less than 10 mins Cooking time, and Serves 2.

 

Ingredients:

For the dough balls

  • 350ml/12fl oz #CommissionsEarned goat milk
  • 225g/8oz #CommissionsEarned powdered milk
  • 25g/1oz  butter, #CommissionsEarned  melted
  • 110g/4oz plain flour
  • 1¼ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • vegetable oil, for deep frying

For the sugar syrup

  • 200g/7oz caster sugar
  • 100ml/3½fl oz water
  • few strands saffron

To serve

  • 1 tbsp chopped pistachio nuts
  • 1 tbsp flaked almonds, toasted in a pan

 

Directions:

  • For the dough balls, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, adding enough extra water to form a soft, sticky dough. Cover with cling film and set aside for 10 minutes. Shape the dough into small round balls.
  • Heat the oil in a deep heavy-bottomed frying pan. It is ready when a breadcrumb dropped in will sizzle gently in it. (*Caution: hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended.) Deep fry the balls until golden brown, then remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and set aside on kitchen papper to drain.
  • Make a sugar syrup by heating the sugar and water together with the saffron until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is syrupy.
  • When the dough balls are cool, add to the syrup and leave to soak for about 1 hour.
  • Garnish with chopped pistachio nuts and flaked almonds and serve.

 

Best Goat Milk Ice Cream Recipes

 

Learning how to make ice cream is certainly not rocket science, but if this is your first time exploring into the world of homemade ice cream, you will need a few basics to get you started. And as you open up to experimenting and discovering new flavors and textures  you will in no time be able to make your own repertoire of homemade ice cream recipes.

 

I have been experimenting  homemade ice cream over the years, and had gone through enormous trials and errors, and ample opportunities for doing everything wrong. But,  the valuable lessons from learning how to make ice cream over the years are lessons learned the hard way. And now that we are aware of the calorie counts for food, I do not experiment it as often.

 

We shall start off with this healthy treat.

 

 

 

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How to make Lemon Goat Milk Ice Cream

 

Have an eye for something cold and sweet, but not so rich?

 

This recipe using Stevia, instead of sugar for sweetening, making it a healthier treat.

 

Ingredients:

 

  • 1 1/2 cups goat milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp gelatine -mixed in 1/8 cup warm water and let stand until clear
  • 1/4 tsp stevia powder
  • juice from 1 lemon
  • zest of 1/2 lemon

 

* Optional;You can add any fruit to this ice-cream and also chocolate if you wish.

In addition, you can also serve warm or cooled chocolate sauce over ice cream

 

 

Directions:

 

  • Beat egg and Stevia powder together until creamy.
  • Add lemon and zest and beat until combined.
  • Add goats milk and gelatine and beat until well combined and fluffy.
  • Refrigerate for approximately 1 hour.
  • Process in Ice-Cream Maker for 20-30 minutes.
  • Place in container in freezer.

 

*Optional;  If you do not have an ice-cream maker, freeze in shallow tray for 1/2 to 1 hour and return to bowl and beat. Repeat this process one more time and then place in container and freeze.

 

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How to make Rich Chocolate Sauce using Goat Milk – Popular Gourmet Sauce Recipe

chocolate sauce

 

 

You can serve the rich warm chocolate sauce over ice cream, meringues  or  poached pears. With less than 30 minutes preparation time and 10 to 30 minutes  cooking time. The recipe can serves 4

 

Ingredients:

 

  • 6 fluid oz goat milk
  • 7oz good-quality dark chocolate, minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids, chopped
  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • 1¼oz superfine sugar
  • 1¼oz chilled butter, cut into cubes

 

Directions:

 

  • Bring a little water to the boil in a pan, then reduce the heat until the water is simmering. Suspend a heatproof bowl over the water – do not allow the base of the bowl to touch the water. Add the chocolate and melt slowly, stirring occasionally, until very smooth. Remove the bowl from the heat.
  • Bring the milk, cream and sugar to the boil in a saucepan over a medium heat, whisking continuously.
  • Pour the boiling cream mixture over the melted chocolate, whisking continuously until the mixture is smooth and well combined.
  • Return the chocolate and cream mixture to the pan and heat until just simmering, stirring continuously. Allow to bubble over the heat for a few seconds, then turn off the heat and whisk in the butter, a cube at a time, until the sauce is smooth and glossy and all the butter has melted.
  • Strain the chocolate sauce through a fine sieve, then serve immediately.

 

Serve the rich warm chocolate sauce over Ice cream

 

 

 

*Nutritional facts: The Rich Chocolate sauce contains 178.4 Calories; – Protein 1.4g 3% DV, Carbohydrates 45.4g 15% DV, Fat 1g 2% DV and Sodium 1.5mg.

 

 

 

 

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