As we all know that Gulab Jamun is all time favourite item for all age groups. Gulab meaning rose and Jamun meaning berry makes for Gulab Jamun as a berry-sized ball dunken in rose flavoured sugar syrup. It can be served hot with vanilla ice-cream or just a stand-alone chilled dish.
Here is a quick easy recipe:
Ingredients Of Homemade Gulab Jamun
For Sugar Syrup:
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 5 Cups Water
- 1 tsp Milk
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Saffron
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
For Gulab Jamun Balls:
- 1 1/2 Cups Khoya, grated
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Cup Maida
- 1 tsp Milk
How to Make Homemade Gulab Jamun
Prepare Sugar Syrup:
- Take required quantity of sugar and water in a deep pan. Stir and bring to boil on high flame for sugar to dissolve.
- Now add milk and cardamom seeds to the sugar water. Boil further and strain.
- Then add saffron and cardamom powder and bring the mixture to rolling boil for about 5-6 minutes until it becomes little sticky.
Prepare Gulab Jamun Balls:
- Take the grated Khoya in a medium size deep bowl.
- Add baking soda and maida. Combine them thoroughly but gently using a spoon.
- Add a teaspoon of milk to it and knead all of them together to make a smooth and soft dough. Add another teaspoon of milk if required.
- Make sure that the dough is a bit softer to avoid cracking of ball while deep frying.
- Divide the dough into equal parts and make smooth surfaced balls out of it.
- Now heat ghee in a pan over medium flame and add the Jamun balls to deep-fry them. Cook evenly until it becomes golden brown.
- Make sure that you do not cook on high flame otherwise the balls will burn.
- Now drain and let them cool for a few minutes.
- Then immerse the gulab jamuns in the warm sugar syrup for at least 30 minutes. It increases in size when it soaks the sugar syrup.
- Hot and tasty sweet dish is ready to serve.
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