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Since I do so little traditional Indian cooking, I was super thrilled when Srivalli came up with the Indian Cooking Challenge in July. But one month down, I got lost in the whirlwind of events that have deadlines at the same time and ICC sort of got left out in the melange. Then Srivalli announced gulab jamuns as the October challenge. That's like, my absolutely favorite sweet. There was a time I would pester whoever's going out to dine with me to stop and have gulab jamuns before we go home. And I still eat them every chance I get. And then the challenge got even better - Srivalli changed the deadline to November 15 so I had every chance in the world to try and make my favorite dessert.

You know I made khoya yesterday. The first thing I did this morning was to take it out of the fridge and pick a recipe. Yes, we were given a choice of three recipes to pick from. Already, a lot of people had tried the gulab jamuns with the recipe from The Yum Blog or Alka. So contrarian that I am, I decided to go with Indo's recipe. Except that I divided it by 1/8.

And gosh! I could hardly wait for the lovely looking gulab jamuns to soak in the syrup before I tried them. They are soft, not too sweet and more delicious that any store bought gulab jamuns I've eaten. Now the next challenge is to keep me from eating all of these at one go.
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Srivalli said…
wow Simmi, those jamuns are really so soft...good that you finally decided on the recipe..:)
November 15, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Lebouffe said…
Wow!! Great to know you finally did it!
November 15, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Padmajha said…
I too tried it when Srivalli changed the date coz I joined late.Lovely jamuns!!!
November 15, 2009 at 8:29 PM
lata raja said…
Soft and spongy jamuns here.
November 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM
CurryLeaf said…
Yummilicious.Spongy and perfect
November 16, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Alka said…
Looking tempting..err..I mean Gulabjamun..
How was your trip?
November 16, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Spice said…
yummmy...i wish i could have those right now for the breakfast....
November 16, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Medhaa said…
glad u tried this challenge, gr8 work
November 16, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Prasukitchen.blogspot.com said…
yes i too tried the same method and got good results..jamuns r really soft
November 18, 2009 at 1:49 AM
Bharti said…
That's torture. I want one now. Without making it.
November 18, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Vijitha said…
I love jamuns! Yours looks so chubby and yummy like the shop ones
November 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Unknown said…
OOh gulab jamuns!! I love them! I can't resist them!! These look delicious! Congratulations :)
November 22, 2009 at 12:42 PM
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