Gulab Jamun Cheesecake

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Fried Khoya dumplings baked into your favourite comfort dessert

prep time

25 mins

cook time

20 mins + 30 mins for refrigeration of cookie base + 4hrs for setting

serves

Tags: Cheesecake, Dessert, Gulabjamun, Indianfusion

Gulab Jamun

Water for syrup 2 cups
Sugar for syrup 1½ cups
Baking powder ¼ teaspoon
Maida - 6-7 tbsp
Paneer 125 g
Ghee for frying - 1 tbsp
Sweetened condensed milk 100g

Cookie base

Digestive cookie 150g
Butter melted 60g
Chopped Almonds 2 tbsp
Rose Water 2 tsp
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp

Filling

Gelatine 12g
Water 30g
Cream cheese 250g
Castor sugar 110g
Dairy cream 340g
Lemon juice 1tbsp
Gulab Jamun – enough to cover the entire 8” springform tin
Rose Water 2 tsp
Cardamom powder ½ tsp
Pistas & rose petals for garnishing

For gulab jamun

Knead condensed milk, paneer, maida, and baking powder with ghee to a smooth dough
Make sugar syrup with the sugar and water
Heat ghee in a Kadai
Roll out the paneer mixture into round shapes and deep fry on medium heat till golden brown
Soak in syrup

For the whole cheesecake

Mix the ingredients for the cookie base and press them into a round tin of 8 inches in diameter
Place the gulab jamun all around the pan in a circular manner and leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes
Bloom the gelatine and water for 5 minutes and then place in the microwave for short bursts till you can get a clear solution
Cream the cheese and sugar till smooth
Add the cream, rose water, cardamom, lemon juice, and gelatine in a thin stream and blend
Pour mixture into the cookie base and let it chill 4 hours or overnight
For decoration, place cut Gulab Jamun on the top and garnish with pista and rose petals

One of our all-time favourite recipes, loved by kids and grown-ups alike, brings the best of our Indian roots and global travels together to create the perfect fusion of gulab jamun and cheesecake. The melting khoya [cream cheese], the delicious sugar syrup, and the perfectly creamy-yet-crunchy cheesecake come together as if they were meant to be! You can customize this to make it more healthy and suitable for diabetics.

Dietary Information

Nutritional Information

Typical values*	per Serving	contents
Protein	5%	43 kcal
Fat	45%	398 kcal
Carbohydrates	51%	452 kcal
Total		889 Kcal

Factoid

Did you know some of the most delectable dishes are results of accidents - including the gulab jamun?! Shah Jahan’s royal chef is said to have accidentally created gulab jamun while trying to recreate the Persian bamieh [doughnut].

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