Soft, spongy and melt in mouth gulab jamuns drenched in syrup is a traditional homemade sweet. With the guidance of stepwise photos, given below, you will be able to make mouth watering Gulab Jamuns at home.
Ingredients :
For gulab jamuns:
1 cup milk powder
¼ cup all purpose flour or maida
1 teaspoon oil OR ½ teaspoon ghee
pinch of salt (optional)
a pinch of baking soda
1 to 2 tablespoon - fresh curd (yogurt)
for sugar syrup:
2 cups water
1.5 cups sugar
3 to 4 green cardamoms - husked and crushed or powdered (elaichi)
a pinch of saffron (kesar) - optional
1 teaspoon rose water
how to prepare recipe
Preparing the sugar syrup:
Mix water, sugar and cardamom (saffron(optional))
Keep this sugar solution on fire and cook till you get a syrup consistency.
Add rose water and keep aside.
Preparing the jamuns:
First mix the milk powder, all purpose flour, soda in a bowl.
Add oil or ghee and just 1 tbsp of yogurt.mix and keep on adding little of the yogurt to get a soft nonsticky dough.the dough should not be crumbly or dry.
If it is then add some yogurt.make smooth small balls from the dough.
Heat the oil and the reduce the flame to low.Add the balls and fry them stirring often to get even color.
When gulab jamun become golden, remove from a slotted spoon and add them to the sugar syrup.
let them soak in the sugar syrup for atleast 1/2 - 1 hours. Mouth watering Gulab Jamun is Ready.
Serve it....
Gulab jamuns can be served warm or cold. if they are at room temperature, then warm in the microwave and serve gulab jamun topped with sugar syrup.
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