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Gulgule Recipe | Sweet Pua Recipe

Gulgule- deep fried sweet fritters made with wheat flour and jaggery or sugar
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Desserts/Sweets/Mithai, Festive Recipe
Cuisine: Indian Cuisine, Punjabi Cuisine, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine
Keyword: gulgula, gulgule, malpua, meetha pua, pua, puda
Servings: 4
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour / Atta
  • 3/4 cup jaggery/ gur
  • 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Saunf
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder / Elaichi Powder
  • 1 tsp Peppercorns / Sabut Kali Mirch crushed
  • pinch Baking Soda

Instructions

  • in a bowl take about half cup water and add grated jaggery in it and mix well. let the jaggery melt in the water
  • you can also heat the water and melt the jaggery and then cool down the water.
  • Now add cardamom powder, whole fennel seeds, crushed pepper corn in the jaggery water and mix.
  • Now add the wheat flour in the water and mix well, you can add some plain water if needed to make a smooth batter.
  • Whisk the batter with a whisk and make it smooth and lump free.
  • Cover and let it rest for 10 minutes.
  • Add baking powder in the batter and mix well.
  • The batter should be neither too thick nor too thin, it should be of dropping consistency to get perfect round gulgule.
  • Heat ghee or oil in a wide deep pan.
  • When ghee become hot then drop spoonful of batter in it and fry on medium heat.
  • Do not overcrowd the pan else they will stick to each other.
  • When they become golden from one side then change the side and fry till golden and crisp from both the sides.
  • Remove from the pan when done and drain on a kitchen paper.
  • Serve hot gulule with chai and enjoy !

Notes

Note-
  • you can add jaggery or sugar as per your preference.
  • quantity of jaggery can be adjusted as per your preference, you can add 1/2 cup to 1 cup.
  • 2 tbsp semolina can also be added for making it crispier.