Kova Gulab Jamun with Paneer

Ingredients:

1. Khoya (Kova) - 1 cup
2. Maida flour - ¼ cup
3. Paneer - 4 sps (grated)
4. Cooking soda - 3 pinchs
5. Cooking oil/ghee -  as req. for deep frying
6. Sugar - 1 ½ cup
7. Elachi powder - ½ sp
8. Kesar - 7 to 8 strings (optional)

Method:

1. Mix kova, maida, paneer and cooking soda together with hand. If required, you can add 2 to 3 sps of milk to make a soft dough.
2. Make round balls out of the above dough. (as shown)
3. Deep fry these balls in cooking oil till they are golden brown. (If u wish u can use ghee for deep frying or ½ ghee and ½ cooking oil.)
4. In a bowl take sugar and pour water i.e. 3 cups. Add elachi powder and kesar. Bring this to a boil.
5. Strain the sugar syrup and add the fried jamuns in it when the syrup is hot.
6. Allow the jamuns to soak in the syrup for atleast 1 or 2 hours.
7. Serve them hot or cold as per ur taste. Goes best with vanilla ice-cream.