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How to make Gulab jamun at home

Gulab jamun is all Time favourite Indian desert during all the family occasions and festivals.

Let's see how to make Gulab jamun at home.

Ingredients :

For making dough :

All purpose flour - 6 tbsp

Milk powder - 2 cups

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Milk - 8-10 tbsp

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Ghee / oil - for frying jamuns.

For making sugar syrup :

Sugar - 2 cups

Water - 2 cups

cardamom - 5

Lemon juice - 1/2 TSP

Rose essences - 2-3 drops

Saffron strands - few

Sliced almonds n pistachio - for garnishing.

Step 1 :

For making sugar syrup :
Take a pan, add sugar and water. Once the sugar dissolves completely, starts to boil ...turn the flame down to low. Let it be simmer for about 15 -20 minutes, cook till syrup thickens a bit. Don't boil the sugar syrup too much.

Add few drops of lemon juice to the syrup to avoid sugar crystallization. Add the  rose essences and saffron strands into the sugar syrup.  Keep the sugar syrup aside.

Step 2 :

For making Dough :

Mix all the given ingredients in a mixing bowl, mix it well with hand and add milk gradually to make dough form. Don't give more hand pressure on the dough, it makes dough harder.

Takes small portions of the dough make into a small smooth balls without any cracks on the outer surface.

Step 3 :

Frying the jamuns :

Heat the oil / ghee in a frying pan. Check the temperature of the oil. It should be medium, not on high flame. Once oil gets heated, drop a small piece of Dough into the oil, it should come to the upper surface of the oil immediately. This is the correct temperature for the oil for frying the jamuns.

Then starts drop the jamuns into the oil one by one slowly and fry the jamuns  until golden brown colour.

Once the jamuns become uniform golden brown in all the sides, take it from the oil and drop it into the sugar syrup. Keep the sugar syrup warm while adding jamuns.

Let all jamuns soak in the sugar syrup for minimum 2-3 hours before serving. Garnish with sliced almonds n pistachios....serve it warm or cold.

It is so easy and simple to make at home.

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