Makrout Gulab Jamun / مقروط على طريقة جلاب جامون - CookingWithAlia - Episode 966

Gulab Jamun (small fried doughnuts soaked in rose and cardamom sugar syrup) is my favorite Indian dessert! As I was dreaming Indian-Moroccan recipes to honor my daughter, I switched the doughnuts with Makrout, also one of my favorite North African cookies that my grandmother from Oujda used to make for me as a child. These are semolina cookies filled with date paste. I shaped them into balls and here comes to life the "Makrout Gulab Jamun" with a saffron cardamom syrup! Detailed recipe in my website www.CookingWithAlia.com recipe number 966
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جولاب جامون (اسفنج صغير مقلي منقوع في شراب سكر الورد والهيل) هي الحلوى الهندية المفضلة لدي! بينما كنت أحلم بوصفات هندية مغربية لتكريم ابنتي ، قمت بتبديل الاسفنج بالمقروط ، وهو أيضًا من الحلويات المغربية المفضلة التي اعتادت جدتي من وجدة صنعها لي عندما كنت طفلة. شكّلتهم على شكل كرات ، وهنا يأتي "المقروط جولاب جامون" مع شراب الهيل بالزعفران! الوصفة التفصيلية في موقعي www.CookingWithAlia.com رقم الوصفة 966
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INGREDIENTS:
For the dough
250g (1 1/2 cups) fine semolina
25g (1/3 cup) All-purpose flour
50g (3 1/2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
Pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon Arabic gum, ground with a teaspoon of sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
100ml (1/2 cup) orange blossom water
For the filling
125g (4.5 ounces) date paste
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
1 tablespoon almonds, toasted and finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon orange blossom water
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
For the syrup
150g (2/3 cups) white granulated sugar
150ml (1/2 cup) water
5 cardamom pods, lightly crushed
1/4 teaspoon saffron threads
1 tablespoon rose water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Vegetable oil for frying
DIRECTIONS:
Step 1: Preparing the dough
1- In a bowl, whisk together the semolina, flour and salt.
2- Add the melted butter and mix with your fingertips until you reach a sandy consistancy.
3- Add the Arabic gum, vanilla extract, and orange blossom water, then mix to form a smooth paste.
4- Set the dough aside for 5 minutes.
Step 2: Preparing the filling
5- In a bowl, combine the date paste, almonds, sesame seeds, cinnamon, cloves, butter, and orange blossom water by hand until well combined.
6-Shape the filling into small balls.
Step 3: Preparing the syrup
7- Place the water, sugar, cardamom, and saffron in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then cook for 5 minutes.
8- Add the rose water and lemon juice, then boil for 1 more minute. Turn off the heat and set aside to cool.
Step 4: Preparing the makrout
9- Take one dough ball at a time, then flatten it with your hand.
10- Place one date ball in the middle, then roll the dough around it to shape the markrout.
11- Fry the makrout in hot vegetable oil until golden brown, then transfer immediately to the cooled syrup. Drain, then serve!