MavaMilkPowderGulabJamun

Ingredients:
1. Cream milk powder / Mava Milk Powder
2. Powdered cardamom,
3. little maida
4. Little Milk for kneading

Milk powder : Maida = 3:1
Milk Powder - 1 Cup
Maida - 1 spoon

For above quantity - Sugar syrup with 1 Cup Sugar dipped in 1.5 cups water.
Makes about 25 - 30 small jamuns.

To prepare Gulab Jamuns from Milk powder.
Use full cream milk powder, powdered cardamom, little maida and mix to dough using thick cream or milk.
Knead the dough softly.

Gulab Jamuns are fried in warm oil til golden brown (approx 20 minutes). kala Jamuns are fried in moderately hot oil almost 20 minutes. The important aspect in both are the center of the jamuns have to be cooked when the color on the outside is right. The recipe calls for mawa and a little bit of maida. Add baking powder and powdered cardamom. Knead quickly with fingers. Portion out and fry accordingly. Vendors normally have specialist halwai cooks - who use two pots of sugar syrup to immerse the fried jamuns. One for the first dip - to soak the jamuns and take off excess oil.
The jamuns are then removed carefully and immersed in the other pot of warm syrup. When buying Gulab Jamun mawa, ask for Hariyali mawa or Gulab Jamun mawa.

Tips : Can add Rose essence at the sugar syrup at the end.

Pulav Masala

Pulav Masala - Ingredients:

Coriander seed(Dhaniya) 1 cup
Cumin seeds(Jeeragam) 1/2 cup
Caraway seeds(Sombu) 1 tsp
Poppy seeds(GhasGhas) 1 tsp
Cloves(Lavangam) 8
Black pepper(Melagu) 8
Cinnamon sticks(Pattai) 4
Cardamoms(Elakkai) 4

Pulav Masala - Steps:

1. Clean all ingredients and grind in a mixer to make a fine powder.

2. Sieve and keep in a air tight bottle.

3. Use this masala to make pulav.