Gulab Jamun

Introduce

Chef :

Zobia Sajjad

Gulab Jamun

Gulab Jamuns are an easy to prepare dessert, they are light on the stomach but so delicious that one will long for more. #joy

Ingredient

1 3/4 cups

green cardamoms (peeled and seeds crushed to fine powder)

1 tsp

rose water (optional but recommended)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Sugar Syrup Preparation: Mix the sugar and water in a thick bottomed pan and heat this mixture on a medium flame. Once the sugar has dissolved completely, add cardamom powder and bring to a boil stirring often.

* Step 2

The syrup will gradually thicken, after a few minutes of boiling, test the syrup for one thread consistency. One thread consistency is the desired state for the sugar syrup. Pass the sugar syrup through a fine sieve to remove any impurities.

* Step 3

Transfer the sugar syrup into a pan and mix in the saffron and rose water. Keep aside to cool down.

* Step 4

Sieve milk powder, plain flour, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl.

* Step 5

Mix in yoghurt or milk and ghee or Oil and knead lightly make a soft sticky dough. If you find that the mixture is too dry and crumbly, just add little yoghurt or milk about half tsp at a time until you get a sticky soft dough.

* Step 6

Arrange the balls on a plate and cover it with a kitchen towel to prevent from drying out. Heat Oil in a pan on a medium flame and then reduce the flame to low. Test whether the Oil is hot enough by dropping one ball into the Oil.

* Step 7

Gently drop 3-4 dough balls into the Oil and gently stir them with a perforated spoon so that they evenly brown on all sides. Once they turn golden brown, remove them from oil and drop them into the prepared sugar syrup.

* Step 8

Similarly, prepare all the Gulab Jamuns and let them rest in the sugar syrup for at least 1 to 2 hours before serving, so that they absorb the sugar syrup well and become soft.

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