Dry Fruit Gola ( Mumbai Roadside Recipes )
by Tarla Dalal
Dry fruit gola, tu hi tu, tu hi tu, satrangi re… look out for the seven colours of the rainbow on your favourite gola! golas, made from crushed ice laced with sherbets of different flavours, are a relief from the scorching heat. Crushing machines keep churning out the ice, to be merged with various fruit flavours like kala khatta, rose, mango… name it and they have it! don’t forget to have the malai gola made with condensed milk or the very interesting cadbury gola.
Dry Fruit Gola ( Mumbai Roadside Recipes ) recipe - How to make Dry Fruit Gola ( Mumbai Roadside Recipes )
Preparation Time: Cooking Time: Total Time:
Makes 4 gola
(makes Approx. 2 Cups)
3 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup grated mava (khoya)
Other Ingredients
8 cups ice cubes
6 tbsp pineapple syrup (readily available in the market)
4 tbsp rose syrup (readily available in the market)
4 tbsp mixed fruit syrup (readily available in the market)
4 tbsp kala khatta syrup (readily available in the market)
4 tbsp kacchi kairi syrup (readily available in the market)
6 tbsp chopped mixed nuts (cashewnuts , raisins , pistachio etc.)
6 tbsp grated mava (khoya)
For the rabadi
- For the rabadi
- Boil the milk in a deep pan, add the sugar and simmer till it reduces to half its quantity, while stirring continuously.
- Add the mava, mix well and simmer for another 2 minutes, while stirring continuously. Keep aside to cool and keep refrigerated till required.
How to proceed
- How to proceed
- Place 2 cups of ice cubes in an ice-crushing machine (refer handy tip) and crush till fine.
- Place the crushed ice in a bowl, press it and unmould on a serving plate.
- Pour 1½ tbsp of pineapple syrup evenly over it.
- Pour ½ cup of rabadi and sprinkle 1½ tbsp of mava evenly over it
- Pour 1 tbsp each of rose syrup, orange syrup, kala khatta syrup and kacchi kairi syrup evenly over it.
- Sprinkle 1½ tbsp of nuts evenly over it and serve immediately.
- Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 3 more dryfruit golas.
Handy tip:
- Handy tip:
- In the absence of an ice-crushing machine, lay out a clean towel and cover half of it with ice-cubes/ cracked ice pieces. Fold the other half of the cloth over it, and then crush the ice coarsely using a rolling pin.
| Energy | 807 cal |
| Protein | 19.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 110.8 g |
| Fiber | 0.8 g |
| Fat | 29.1 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Vitamin A | 327.2 mcg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.3 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0.4 mg |
| Vitamin B3 | 0.7 mg |
| Vitamin C | 13.3 mg |
| Folic Acid | 8.4 mcg |
| Calcium | 826.8 mg |
| Iron | 1.5 mg |
| Magnesium | 65.6 mg |
| Phosphorus | 464.2 mg |
| Sodium | 36.4 mg |
| Potassium | 143.3 mg |
| Zinc | 0.4 mg |