Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, gulab jamun recipe | gulab jamun with khoya | milk powder gulab jamun is a vegetarian Indian sweet made with ghee / clarified butter, milk, and milk powder in about 35 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 12 jamuns
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
for instant khova/mava (200 grams):
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 cup milk powder
for jamun dough:
- ½ cup (78 grams) maida / plain flour
- pinch baking soda
- 3 tbsp milk (warm)
- oil / ghee for deep frying
for sugar syrup:
- 1½ cup sugar
- 1½ cup water
- 3 pods cardamom / elachi
- ¼ tsp saffron
- 1 tsp rose water
- ½ tsp lemon juice
Method
- firstly, take a small ball sized dough and make ball.
- make sure there are no cracks on balls. else there are chances for jamun to break while frying.
- heat the has on medium flame and when the oil / ghee is moderately hot drop the balls.
- fry the balls on low flame stirring in continuously.
- fry until the balls the golden brown for 12-15 minutes.
- drop the hot gulab jamuns into the warm sugar syrup.
- cover the lid and rest for 2 hours.
- finally, the gulab jamun has doubled in size. serve warm with ice cream or cold.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
