Gulab Jamun Recipe

Gulab Jamun

Main Ingredients: milk powder and milkPreparation Time: 30 minutesCook time: 30 minutesCourse: dessert, sweetsCuisine: north IndianLevel of cooking: MediumServe: 2-3

Ingredients:

For Gulab Jamun:

• 1 cup Milk Powder
• ½ cup Full cream milk
• ¼ cup Unsalted butter
• 5-6 teaspoon refined flour (Maida)
• Ghee - for frying Gulab Jamun

For Sugar Syrup:

• 2 cups of Sugar
• 1 cup water
• 4-5 Cardamom 
• Pinch of saffron

Preparation:

For Sugar syrup:

• Put sugar, cardamom and saffron and 1 cup water in any utensil. 
• Keep stirring the and cook until sugar dissolves completely.
• Now check the sugar syrup.
• It should be gooey in texture.
• Thread is not necessary.
• Turn off the flame and keep it aside.

Mawa:

• Shift the butter in a pan and melt it.
• add the milk and mix well in low flame.
• Add milk powder and stir constantly until all ingredients are mixed well.
• Keep stirring the mixture and cook until it gets thick and smooth in texture (like mawa).
• Turn off the flame and place the mawa in a plate.
• Add maida and knead until it gets smooth in texture.
• If the mixture appears to be dry add little milk at a time with the help of a spoon and knead well. Within few minutes, mawa will get soft.

Method:

1. Take a little amount of mixture and with the help of your hands make smooth and round balls.
2. Heat the oil and reduce the flame to medium.
3. Place balls in oil and fry. Keep in mind that while frying the balls don't touch them with a ladle, instead pour oil over them with the help of a ladle.
4. Take out the fried balls and place on a plate with napkin paper.
5. After few minutes, put them in a sugar syrup.
6. Let them soak in the sugar syrup for at least 1-2 hours.
7. Gulab Jamuns can be served warm or cold. if they are at room temperature.

Suggestions:

• If the gulab jamun are getting hard, add 1-2 teaspoons of milk into the mixture.