Gulab Jamun with Milk Powder / Milk Powder Jamun

I'm very fond of gulab jamuns. I just love them. I really wanted to try variations in gulab jamuns. So I decided to try jamuns using milk powder. It's damn easy and you can prepare it within mins. Believe me.. it really tasted soooo heavenly that made me to think that this one is the best compared to the normal gulab jamuns which we usually prepare. Try these tasty jamuns and share your comments. For other Gulab Jamuns in our blog, Click,

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Preparation Time: 15 mins

Cooking Time: 15- 20 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Milk Powder- 1/2 cup

All purpose flour- 1 tbsp

Baking soda- 1/8 tsp

Ghee- 1 tbsp

Milk- 3 tbsp

Oil for frying

For Sugar Syrup:

Sugar- 1 cup

Water- 1 cup

Cardamom pods- 2 or 3

Procedure:

1. Collect all your ingredients.

2. Mix milk powder, baking soda and flour together.

3. Add ghee to it and mix them. Now add milk and gently mix them again. If necessary add more milk and bring the mixture all together enough to form balls out of it. DO NOT KNEAD the mixture because the jamun will turn hard and won't get the real taste.

4. Divide the mixture into equal sized balls. The mixture will be sticky so rub your palms with milk and make balls.

5. Meanwhile prepare the sugar syrup, add the sugar, cardamom and water then boil it and bring it to 1/2 string consistency (i.e, the stage before it attains one string consistency). Then switch off the flame.

6. Deep fry the balls till it attain golden brown color. Fry them in medium low flame.

7. Add the fried jamuns to the sugar syrup and allow it to rest them at least for 2 hrs in syrup so as to absorb the syrup properly.

8. Yummy jamuns are ready to serve.

Note:
1. Do not knead the mixture, else you will end up with hard skin jamuns..
2. In this recipe, the sugar syrup doesn't requires to be in one string consistency.