Gulab Jamun
Gulab Jamun is a super delicious, soft and juicy sweet by making a soft dough with the milk powder, deep-fried and soaked in sugar syrup.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Jamun instant mix
- 2 cups Sugar
- 31/4 cups Water
- 1 tsp Cardamom powder
- Ghee / Oil to deep fry
Instructions
How to mix Dough
- Take the jamun mix in a mixing bowl, add little by little water and mix to make a soft dough. Do not over mix as the jamun becomes chewy. Cover it with a cotton cloth and keep it aside for 5mins.
How to prepare Sugar Syrup
- In a large vessel, add sugar and water and boil it for 10mins.
- Add a tsp of cardamom powder and boil it till it becomes slightly sticky.
How to prepare Jamun Balls
- Apply little ghee to your palms and take a small quantity of the dough.
- Make a marble size ball and keep aside. Make sure the balls are smooth with out any cracks otherwise the jamuns will get more cracks.
- Repeat the above step to make all balls.
- Meanwhile, heat ghee or oil in a deep frying pan. When the oil is heat enough, reduce the flame to medium and drop one by one jamun balls.
- Gently stir the jamun balls and fry until golden brown evenly on all sides.
- When the jamun balls turn golden, drain the balls with a strainer and add them directly to the sugar syrup.
- Soak the gulab jamun's for 15-20 mins or until jamun soak well in the syrup.
- Delicious gulab jamun is ready. Serve hot or cold.
