JAMBUL / Konkani Sweet Semolina Balls

Jambul / Jambool is a sugar coated sweet semolina balls and easy to prepare traditional Kerala GSB Konkani sweet snack. Jambul is made using semolina, sugar and milk and usually prepared during GSB festivals like Sreekrishna Janmashtami. Jambul / Sweet Semolina Balls recipe is given below with photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Jambul / Sweet Semolina Balls.

Ingredients:-

Semolina.-1 cup (rava)
Sugar.      -1/4 cup + 3/4 cup
Milk.        -1 cup
Water.       -1 cup
Oil.            -for deep frying
Cardamom powder. -1/2 tsp

Instructions:-

In a wide bottom pan boil 1 cup milk and 1 cup of water. Add 1/4 cup sugar into the boiling milk and stir well on medium flame. Add 1cup semolina (rava) into the pan and mix with the milk sugar mixture.Keep stirring the mixture continuously till semolina is cooked and the mixture becomes too thick. Switch off the flame and keep aside the semolina mixture to cool.Once little cooled mash the thick semolina mixture and make small oval shaped (jambul shaped) semolina balls with hands and keep them on a plate.

Method:-

1). Deep fry the oval shaped semolina balls in hot oil till golden colour and transfer them to a tissue paper on a plate to absorb excess oil.

2). In a thick bottom pan add 3/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup of water and boil on medium flame. When sugar starts to melt stir it well on low flame till you get a one thread consistency sugar syrup. Remove the pan from flame and add 1/2 tsp cardamom powder and fried semolina balls into the sugar syrup. Quickly toss them to coat the sugar syrup evenly on all fried semolina balls. When it gets cooled sugar syrup will crystallize on Jambul /fried semolina balls. Transfer the sugar coated jambul to a plate or to a bowl.

 

 

 Sugar coated  Konkani Sweet Snack Jambul is ready to serve.