Kala Jam
Bengalis Cuisine: Mithais, Desserts, Sweet Dish
Kala Jam is an indian dessert / sweet, which is a popular variant of Gulab Jamun from Bangal, India.
Cooking Time: 30 Minutes
Pre-Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Level Of Cooking: Medium
Serving: 8 - 10 Pieces
How To Cook:
Step 1: Finely grate milk solids and cottage cheese.
Step 2: Soak semolina in milk for 10 minutes.
Step 3: Mix grated milk solids and cottage cheese together. Add soaked semolina, citric acid, all purpose flour and sugar to it. Mix all the ingredients well.
Step 4: From this mixture keep aside 25gm of mixture.
Step 5: Add edible colour to the 25gm mixture and mix it properly.
Step 6: Make small balls from the 25gm mixture and keep it aside.
Step 7: Make balls around the small coloured balls from the other left mixture. (Follow step 9 after making the fi
...rst ball)
Step 8: Heat ghee in a vessel on medium flame.
Step 9: Fry the first ball. If it breaks, add all purpose flour to the mixture and mix it well (step 7).
Step 10: Fry other balls made according to step 7 on low flame, till they attain black colour and keep them aside in a vessel.
Step 11: Take water in a vessel till the sugar dips and make syrup out of it on low flame.
Step 12: When sugar dissolves and starts boiling the syrup gets ready.
Step 13: Add Kalajam to this syrup. Let it rest in it for 4-5 hours.
Step 14: Remove kalajam from syrup with great care without breaking to separate excess syrup from it.
Step 15: Garnish it with grated coconut. You can serve directly or after refrigeration.
Kaywords: Kala Jam
, Kala Jamun, Kalajam, Eggless Kalojam Bengali Sweet
For Queen's Kitchen, Recipe by: Dr. Ranna Pandya, Ishita Pandya
For Queen's KitchenRecipe by: Dr. Ranna Pandya, Ishita Pandya