Easy Gulab Jamun Recipe - Soft with Milk Powder
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 14 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
for jamun:
- ¾ cup (100 grams) milk powder, unsweetened
- ½ cup (60 grams) maida / plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- milk (for kneading)
- ghee or oil (for frying)
for sugar syrup:
- 2 cup sugar
- 2 cup water
- 2 cardamom
- ¼ tsp saffron / kesar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp rose water
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl take ¾ cup milk powder, ½ cup maida and ½ tsp baking powder.
- mix well, homemade gulab jamun mix is ready.
- now add 2 tbsp ghee and mix well making the flour moist.
- further, add milk as required start to combine.
- combine well forming a soft dough. do not knead the dough.
- cover and rest for 10 minutes.
- meanwhile, prepare the sugar syrup by taking 2 cup sugar, 2 cup water, 2 cardamom and ¼ tsp saffron.
- mix well and boil for 5 minutes or until the sugar syrup turns sticky. do not attain any string consistency.
- turn off the flame and add 1 tsp lemon juice and 1 tsp rose water. lemon juice is added to prevent sugar syrup from crystallizing.
- cover and keep the sugar syrup aside.
- after 10 minutes or resting the dough, start to prepare small ball sized jamuns.
- make sure there are no cracks in the jamun. if there are cracks then there are high chances for jamuns to break while frying.
- deep fry in medium hot oil or ghee. frying in ghee gives good flavour to jamuns.
- stir continuously and fry on low flame.
- fry until the jamuns turn golden brown.
- drain off and transfer the jamun into a hot sugar syrup.
- cover and rest for 2 hours or until jamuns absorb the sugar syrup and doubles in size.
- finally, enjoy gulab jamun with ice cream or as it is.
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.