Gulab Jamun Recipe
Gulab Jamun is a very popular Indian dessert. There a few versions of making it either with khoya, milk powder, bread or sweet potatoes.
Ingredients
For sugar syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 3 cardamom, powdered
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
FOR GULAB JAMUN:
- 9 tbsp milk powder
- 3½ tbsp maida / all-purpose flour / plain flour
- 1 tbsp rava / semolina / sooji
- pinch of baking soda
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- 4-5 tbsp milk, war
Preparation
SUGAR SYRUP RECIPE:
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In a wide pan take 1 cup of sugar.
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add 1 cup of water and get to a boil.
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simmer for 4 minutes till the sugar syrup turns slightly sticky.
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add cardamom powder.and add lemon juice to stop crystallization process.
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cover and keep aside.
Gulab jamum recipe
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In a large mixing bowl take milk powder.
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add maida and rava.
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add pinch of baking soda
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add ghee, lemon juice and crumble well.
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slowly add milk little by little and knead well.
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knead to a smooth and soft dough.
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make small balls greasing ghee to hands.
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make sure there are no cracks on balls. else there are chances for gulab jamun to break while frying.
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heat the ghee on low flame and when the ghee is moderately hot, fry the jamuns.
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fry the balls on low flame stir occasionally
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fry till the balls turns golden brown.
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immediately, drop the hot jamuns into hot sugar syrup.
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cover the lid and rest for 2 hours and serve