Gulab Jamun
This Gulab Jamun recipe is made with fried dough balls made with milk powder (jamuns) soaked in cardamom-spiced sugar syrup for a dessert that melts in your mouth!
Ingredients
Jamuns
- 1 cup Milk powder
- ½ cup Ricotta cheese
- ¼ cup Maida/all-purpose flour
- 2-3 tablespoon Ghee/Clarified butter
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ¼-½ teaspoon salt
- Oil for frying
Sugar Syrup for Gulab Jamun
- 2 cups Sugar
- 4-6 Green Cardamom
- 8 -10 Almonds sliced
Instructions
Sugar Syrup for Gulab Jamun
- In a medium-sized pot, on low-medium heat, add sugar, water, and green cardamom. Slightly crack the green cardamoms open before adding to release the flavors
- Let the mixture cook on low to medium heat. Cook till sugar is dissolved and water starts to boil.
- Turn off the heat, cover, and set it aside.
Jamuns for Gulab Jamun
- In a large bowl, add milk powder, all-purpose flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix well.
- Add ricotta cheese and ghee to make a soft dough.
- Cover the dough and set it aside for about 10 minutes before moving to the next step.
- Take a portion of the dough, flatten it in your palm, make a ball, and set it aside on a plate. Repeat with the remaining dough.
- In a large pan, add the oil and heat it on low to medium heat.
- Once the oil is hot, drop the dough balls one at a time.
- After a minute or so, turn it gently so that all sides are browned evenly.
- Once browned on all sides, remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain any excess oil.
- Add the cooked dough balls to the sugar syrup.
- Let the fried dough balls soak into the sugar syrup for at least an hour.
- If the sugar syrup is cooled, heat it slightly on low heat for 10-15 minutes to help soak the syrup.
- Garnish with sliced almonds. Serve warm or cold.