Indian dessert Gulab jamun with unsweetend khoya (milk solids)
Quick and easy Indian dessert with khoya, all purpose flour, sugar, cardamom and rose essence
Equipment
- 1 Big Bowl for mixing dough
- 1 Deep Frying Pan for frying
- 1 Big Pan for making sugar syrup
Ingredients
- 1 cup Shredded Unsweetend khyoya for making gulab jamun
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar for making syrup to soak the gulab jamun
- 3/4 cup Water for making syrup
- 1/4 tsp Orange Color to addto the syrup
- 4 pods Cardamom powdered add to the syrup
- 1 tsp Rose Water or Essence to add to the syrup for flavour
- 1 1/2 tbsps Milk for the dough to mix
- 2 1/2 tbsps All Purpose Flour add this to the khoya for making dough
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder add this to the dough
- 1 or 1/2 cup Oil for frying gulab jamun
Instructions
- Making the syrup : In a pan add sugar and water bring it to boil till the sugar dissolves and sticky in consistency. No 1 string consistency is required. This syrup is to soak the jamuns.(milk solid balls)
- Switch off the flame add cardamom powder, rose water and orange color.
- Making the dough : In a bowl add grated khoya (milk solids) ,baking powder, all purpose flour or maida with milk(or water) to make the dough. Add the milk in small quantities to make a smooth dough without any lumps or cracks.
- Don't overknead the dough, mix it gently without any cracks. It should not be dry.
- Make 20 small balls or any desired size of your choice.
- How to make jamuns : Divide the dough into 20 equal parts.
- Roll each of them inbetween your palms, rub it gently until it is smooth and roll it without any cracks or lumps.
- How to fry the balls or jamuns: In a pan add oil and allow it to heat, not too hot, in a medium hot.
- The flame should be medium.
- Just drop a small piece of the dough in the oil to check if it is hot.
- Now start frying the balls 5 to 6 pieces at a time .
- Keep stiring and fry till it reaches golden color.
- Reduce the flame if the oil is too hot and fry.
- Remove the balls once it reached golden color ,do the same with other balls.
- Soaking in syrup: The syrup should be in medium hot and soak all the fried balls for 30 minutes.
- The gulab jamuns or balls should be juicy and soft.
- The gulab jamuns are ready to serve with syrup.
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Notes
other versions of gulab jamun : with milk powder, potato, bread or sweet potato.
Khoya used in this recipe is store bought .You can make it with home made milk solid or khoya.
You can make kala jamun and dry jamun too.