Cooking and Tips

MAKES 10 GULAB JAMUNS

PREPARATION TIME: 45 MINS





INGREDIENTS

1.Nido milk powder 1cup

2.Baking powder 1tspn (leveled)

3.Ghee 1tbspn(melted)

4.Egg 1(large)

5.Flour(maida) 1tbspn

6.Cardamom powder  a pinch



For the sugar syrup(sheera)

1. Sugar 1cup


2. Water 2 and a half cups


3. Cardamom powder 1/4th tspn


4. Kewra water 1tspn


5. Saffron a pinch

Procedure to make sugar syrup(sheera):

• Take an open vessel and add all the ingredints to make the syrup .


• Boil the syrup till it becomes a bit sticky,when held between your 2 fingers.


• Dont make it too sicky,otherwise your jamuns will not soak in the syrup and  will become hard.


• Keep this aside.


• You can add  the jamuns after they get deep fried to this syrup and cook for about 8-10minutes.

Procedure to make the jamuns:

• Now take a bowl and mix all the ingredients together and knead well to make a soft dough by applying ghee on your palms.


• The dough will be sticky initially but as start kneading it will become soft,you dont need to add any milk or water.


• Make small balls with this dough ,greasing your hands a bit everytime.


• Make sure the there are no cracks on your balls.


• Your balls are ready to be deep fried in oil.


• Heat oil in a vessel(kadai) to deep fry the gulab jamuns,simmer the flame so that the oil is  medium heated till you make the balls.


• The oil should be not too hot,start putting all the balls one by one in the oil.


• Keep stirring till the gulab jamuns turn nice brown in colour.

• The balls should take atleast 5-7 minutes to turn brown in colour.


• By doing this the balls get properly cooked  from inside.


• Now transfer these balls into the sugar syrup and cook this syrup with jamuns for about 8-10minutes.

• Your gulab jamuns are ready now.


• Tranfer them to your serving dish.