Indian desserts

[Guest nimki]

Does anyone like gul gule (i think they are called)? deep fried little dumplings made of flour, water and sugar.

[gingerly]

if that's the same as kal kals/kul kuls -yes!

[gingerly]

tryska-the jangri seems to have a significant proportion of ground urad dal added to an otherwise similar fermented mix of flour and rice flour as for the jilebi.that would probably account for its solid structure(syrup soaked) as opposed to the (syrup filled)hollow jilebi.

[Monica Bhide]

Beautiful shots Episure

[bague25]

Gulgule and KulKuls are not the same thing.

Gulgule is soft deep fried balls and kulkuls and long keeping crunchy little shapes made but rolling a bit of dough either on a fork or by folding small pieces of dough - if you're very patient I make these for Christmas and I'll post pics.

[mongo_jones]

Gulgule and KulKuls are not the same thing.

Gulgule is soft deep fried balls and kulkuls and long keeping crunchy little shapes made but rolling a bit of dough either on a fork or by folding small pieces of dough - if you're very patient I make these for Christmas and I'll post pics.

this sounds somewhat like the bengali goja (not the method of preparation, but the thing itself)--can someone who's had both verify or correct?

[gingerly]

'this salt gaja is also known as nimki..'hmmm!

[tryska]

tryska-the jangri seems to have a significant proportion of ground urad dal added to an otherwise similar fermented mix of flour and rice flour as for the jilebi.that would probably account for its solid structure(syrup soaked) as opposed to the (syrup filled)hollow jilebi.

thank you gingerly. Have you tasted both? which do you prefer?

[gingerly]

tasted both yes and without a doubt the jilebi is the outright winner.there's something unctuous about the jangri and it does seem to have the ability to absorb odours rather rapidly.that said,i'm always game to try again if it looks promising!

[tryska]

i vaguely remember trying jangiri once, expecting jalebi. it was highly disappointing if i recall correctly.