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Record 1 2005-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
  • Pastries
DEF

A popular Indian sweet dish comprised of fried milk balls in a sweet syrup flavoured with cardamom seeds and rosewater or saffron.

CONT

Shaped round or cylindrical, gulabjamun is golden to dark brown in color and has a soft to firm body and smooth texture. It is soaked in thick sugar syrup. In 1858, it attracted the fancy of Lady Canning, the first Vicereine of India, after whom a variety was "created" in her honor, named Ledikeni.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
  • Pâtisserie
DEF

Spécialité indienne, composée de boules à base de farine de blé et de fromage frites dans l'huile puis mises à mariner dans un sirop de sucre.

Spanish

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