easy suji gulab jamun | suji ka gulab jamun | rava gulab jamun

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Total time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 15 jamun
  • Category: sweet
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

for sugar syrup:

  • 2 cup sugar
  • 2 cup water
  • ¼ tsp saffron / kesar
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 tsp rose water

for jamun:

  • 1 cup suji / rava / semolina (fine)
  • 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
  • 3 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp milk powder
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • oil or ghee for frying

Method

  1. in a large kadai heat 1 tsp ghee and add 3 cup milk.
  2. also, add 2 tbsp milk powder and 2 tbsp sugar.
  3. stir well and get the milk to a boil.
  4. further keeping the flame on low, add 1 cup roasted rava stirring continuously.
  5. keep stirring until the rava absorbs all the milk.
  6. cook until the mixture forms a lump and separates the pan.
  7. cool the mixture slightly and transfer to a large bowl.
  8. grease your hand with ghee and knead for at least 2 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and soft.
  9. prepare small balls.
  10. heat the oil / ghee on medium flame and when the oil / ghee is moderately hot, fry the jamuns.
  11. allow the balls to cool for 2 minutes, and drop the hot gulab jamuns into the warm sugar syrup. else jamuns won’t absorb syrup, results to hard jamuns.
  12. soak in sugar syrup and rest for 2 hours.
  13. finally, the suji 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.