Gulab Jamun with milk powder
- By subham
- October 20, 2016
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Preparation time:- 20 minutes Cooking Time:- 20 minutes
Makes- 12-14 jamuns Level of cooking:- Easy
Gulab Jamun is a very popular Indian sweet. They are very soft balls made from milk solids and soaked in a rose flavored sugar syrup. Try this easy to make delicious gulab jamuns at home with milk powder during festivals or parties.
Ingredients for Jamuns
- Full fat milk powder- 1 cup
- Plain flour (Maida)- 1/3 cup
- Fine Semolina (Sooji)- 1/4 cup
- Ghee or butter melted- 1 tablespoon
- Baking Soda- 1/2 teaspoon
- Warm milk- around 1/3 cup more or less as required in kneading the dough
- Lemon juice- few drops
- Oil- for frying
Ingredients for Syrup
- Sugar- 1 cup
- Water- 1/2 cup
- Cardamom pods or powder- 3-4
- Rose water- 1 teaspoon
- Lemon juice- few drops
Method for preparing the Sugar Syrup
In a saucepan add all the ingredients of syrup: sugar, water, cardamom, rose water and lemon juice. Stir it well with a spoon.
Now place the saucepan on high heat and cover it for a minute.
Open the lid and cook until sugar melts completely. Stir occasionally and reduce the heat to low. No need to make a one or two thread consistency syrup. Switch off the gas and cover the saucepan. Keep it aside.
Method for preparing the jamuns
In a deep vessel or bowl add milk powder, semolina, maida, baking soda, ghee and lemon juice. Mix it with your hands until it forms a crumbly texture
Now slowly add in warm milk and start kneading it until it forms a soft dough. Keep adding milk very little at a time and combine the dough. They should be very soft.
Cover it with a wet cloth and let it sit for 10 minutes.
Now divide the dough into equal small ball size portions. Grease your hands with oil and take one ball at a time and press it tightly. Roll it between your palms and make smooth balls. Keep them in a separate plate. Repeat the process and make smooth balls.
Frying the jamuns
Heat enough oil in a saucepan on high heat. When it is hot, drop a small ball to check the temperature. It should rise and come up. Reduce the heat to medium, Now gently drop 6-7 jamuns in oil and with the help a spoon rotate them and fry them slowly on a medium flame until it turns golden brown in color evenly.
Take out in a plate lined with a paper towel to remove extra oil
Fry the remaining jamuns similarily.
Now heat the sugar syrup again and switch off the gas. Gently drop all the fried jamuns in a hot sugar syrup and cover it. Let it be soaked in sugar syrup for atleast 1-2 hours. Serve hot or cold topped with sugar syrup.
Enjoy!!
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