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    GULAB JAMUN

    Published: Oct 1, 2015 · Modified: Nov 7, 2020 by Kushi with 44 Comments . Article has 992 words. About 5 minutes to read this article.

    Gulab Jamun is a very popular, soft and melt in mouth milk based Indian sweet recipe that consists of deep fried dumplings that are prepared using khoya or milk powder and soaked in saffron or rose cardamom flavored sugar syrup.

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    Ask any Indian what is there favorite Indian mithai or popular Indian sweet. 90 % of them would say gulab jamun. Gulab Jamun is not only easy to prepare but will also be loved by people of all age groups.

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    GULAB JAMUN RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE GULAB JAMUN FROM SCRATCH AT HOME
    Prep Time
    10 mins
    Cook Time
    30 mins
     

    Gulab Jamun is a very popular, soft and melt in mouth milk based Indian sweet recipe that consists of deep fried dumplings or doughnuts that are prepared using khoya or milk powder and soaked in saffron cardamom flavored sugar syrup. One of the best dessert or mithai served during Indian festivals like diwali, Navratri, Holi, ramzan and Christmas or during any special occasions and parties

    Course: Desserts, sweets
    Cuisine: Indian, north indian, South Indian
    Keyword: Cardamom, Christmas recipes, diwali food, Diwali Recipes, Doughnuts, Dumplings, fried dough, gulab jamun cheesecake, kala jamun, khoya, mava, mawa, milk powder recipes, Mithai, Navratri Recipes, popular Indian recipes, saffron flavored, virtual diwali
    Servings: 30
    Ingredients
    To make jamuns
    • 2 cups Milk powder
    • 3 tablespoon Vegetable shortening or Vanaspati dalda
    • 2 tablespoon all purpose flour or Maida
    • 2 tablespoon Sooji rava or semolina
    • 3 tablespoon Warm whole milk
    • ½ teaspoon Baking powder
    • ½ cup Warm water, for the dough
    To prepare saffron or rose cardamom flavored sugar syrup
    • 1 ½ cup Sugar
    • 5 Saffron strands ( Kesar) (or 1 teaspoon rose water)
    • 2 cups Water
    • ⅛ teaspoon Lemon juice
    • ⅛ teaspoon cardamom powder
    Other Ingredient
    • Vegetable oil for frying
    Instructions
    Step I (Prepare Jamuns from scratch)
    1. Soak semolina or sooji in milk for 5 minutes.

    2. In a bowl add milk powder, vegetable shortening mix well. Then add the all purpose flour, baking powder and mix well.

    3. Now add the soaked sooji to this mixture and again mix. Finally add ½ cup of water little by little to form a dough and keep this aside for 10 to 15 minutes.

    4. Now make small balls out of this dough. See that there are no cracks, else it might break while frying.

    Step II (Frying gulab jamuns)
    1. Heat oil in pan on a medium flame. Once the oil is hot, on medium low flame fry the jamuns till they become golden brown on all the sides.

    2. Transfer it to paper towel to absorb any excess oil. Keep this aside till the sugar syrup is ready.

    Step III (Prepare Cardamom saffron or rose flavored sugar syrup)
    1. In a bowl add sugar, saffron strands, water, lemon juice and bring it to nice boil in medium flame for about 8 minutes stirring it occasionally.

    2. Now add the cardamom powder and mix well.

    Step IV
    1. Add the fried jamuns in the sugar syrup. Make sure that the syrup is hot while adding the jamuns. Let this soak for at least one hour before serving. You can also make gulab jamuns ahead and refrigerate it.

    2. Gulab Jamun is now ready. Serve chilled or warm and enjoy!

    Recipe Notes
    • To make it rich and traditional, you can fry the jamuns in ghee or brown butter.
    • You can use saffron or rose water or both in the recipe. 
    • While serving you can also garnish it with some pistachios or almonds or cashewnuts if desired. 

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    Preparation time : 40 minutes
    Serves : 30 Gulab Jamuns

    Ingredients for Gulab Jamun

    Milk powder - 2 cups
    Vegetable shortening / Dalda -  3 tbsp
    All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
    Semolina / Sooji - - 2 tbsp
    Warm milk - 3 tbsp
    Baking powder - ½ tsp
    Warm water - ½ cup for dough
    Sugar - 1 ½ cup
    Saffron threads - 5 or 1 teaspoon Rose water
    Water - 2 cups for syrup
    Lemon juice - ⅛ tsp
    Cardamom powder - ⅛ tsp
    Vegetable oil - for frying

    Steps to prepare Gulab Jamun

    Step I For the Jamuns

    • Soak semolina in milk for 5 minutes.
    • In a bowl add milk powder, vegetable shortening mix well. Then add the all purpose flour, baking powder and mix well.
    • Now add the soaked sooji to this and again mix. Finally add ½ cup of water little by little to form a dough and keep this aside for 10 to 15 minutes.
    • Now make small balls out of this dough. See that there are no cracks, else it might break while frying.
    • Heat oil in pan. Once the oil is hot, in a medium-low flame fry the jamunns till they become golden brown on all the sides.
    • Transfer it to paper towel to absorb any excess oil. Keep this aside till the sugar syrup is ready.

    Step II For the Sugar Syrup

    • In a bowl add sugar, 2 cups of water, lemon juice and saffron threads and bring it to nice boil in medium flame for about 8 minutes stirring it occasionally.
    • Now add the cardamom powder and mix well.

    Step III

    • Add the fried jamuns in the sugar syrup. Make sure that the syrup is hot while adding the jamuns. Let this soak for at least one hour.
    • Gulab Jamun is now ready. Serve chilled or warm and enjoy!

    Tip:

    • You can fry the jamuns in ghee if desired.

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    Comments

    1. Antonet Roajer

      October 01, 2015 at 5:41 pm

      5 stars
      Tempting gulab jamuns!! Lovely Clicks

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 01, 2015 at 5:44 pm

        Thank you Antonet 🙂

        Reply
    2. Sowmiasgalley

      October 01, 2015 at 6:10 pm

      5 stars
      Yummy jamuns.. Looks perfect and lip smacking dear..

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 01, 2015 at 6:38 pm

        Thank you Soumia 🙂

        Reply
    3. Nish Kitchen

      October 01, 2015 at 7:32 pm

      5 stars
      Oh yum! My favorite sweet! Jamuns look perfect!

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 01, 2015 at 8:59 pm

        Thank you Nish 🙂

        Reply
    4. Joscelyn | Wifemamafoodie

      October 01, 2015 at 7:38 pm

      5 stars
      Wow, this sounds so yummy, Kushi! I've never had this before, but there's not much better than fried dough! I have to try this sometime soon!

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 01, 2015 at 8:59 pm

        You will love these 🙂 Thank you so much Joscelyn 🙂

        Reply
    5. [email protected]

      October 01, 2015 at 8:21 pm

      5 stars
      Wow Kushi these gulab jamuns are looking absolutely delicious. Stunning photography.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 01, 2015 at 9:00 pm

        Thank you Rachana 🙂

        Reply
    6. Nava Krishnan

      October 01, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      5 stars
      My all time fav though just two or three spoonful. I see the addition of semolina. Never thought but sure something new.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 01, 2015 at 10:56 pm

        Thank you Nava 🙂

        Reply
    7. Sadhna Grover

      October 01, 2015 at 11:16 pm

      5 stars
      Tempting Gulab Jamun, I want some to taste now.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 01, 2015 at 11:24 pm

        Thank you Sadhna:) All yours

        Reply
    8. freda

      October 02, 2015 at 12:14 am

      How tempting is this!! Lovely:)

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 02, 2015 at 5:37 pm

        Thank you freda 🙂

        Reply
    9. Jess @ Sweetest Menu

      October 02, 2015 at 6:53 am

      5 stars
      Oh I've heard of these before but I have never tried gulab jamun. Yours looks so delicious!

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 02, 2015 at 5:40 pm

        Thank you so much Jess 🙂

        Reply
    10. Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen

      October 02, 2015 at 8:33 am

      5 stars
      OMGosh - my mouth watered when I saw this, and now all I can think is - I must have this for breakfast! It looks delicious!

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 02, 2015 at 5:41 pm

        Thank you so much Kristi 🙂

        Reply
    11. Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen

      October 02, 2015 at 11:36 am

      5 stars
      Mmmm, loving these droolicious gulab jamun. SO irresistible.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 02, 2015 at 5:41 pm

        Thank you so much Anu 🙂

        Reply
    12. Nalini Somayaji

      October 02, 2015 at 11:39 am

      Inviting Gulab Jamoon.......excellent ..

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 02, 2015 at 5:46 pm

        Thank you Nalini 🙂

        Reply
    13. Traditionallymodernfood

      October 02, 2015 at 4:55 pm

      Perfect round gulsb jamun..ur clicks tempting me to taste few.. Send me pls

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 02, 2015 at 5:48 pm

        Thank you Vidya. All yours 🙂

        Reply
    14. Spiceindiaonline

      October 05, 2015 at 2:04 pm

      This is so tempting Kushi... i was literally drooling!

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 05, 2015 at 3:50 pm

        Thank you so much dear 🙂

        Reply
    15. CHCooks

      October 06, 2015 at 1:32 am

      Super gorgeous Jamuns! Perfectly made dear 🙂 My recipe is also something similar to this 🙂 By the way, even though I have subscribed to your blog on email, I am not getting them. Thats why delay in checking your posts!

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 06, 2015 at 6:07 pm

        Thank you dear and I am really sorry about that. Could you please try it once again?

        Reply
    16. seenasfoodbasket

      October 06, 2015 at 6:50 pm

      wow, that looks perfect Gulab Jamuns dear!! Love to grab one! Shall I?

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 06, 2015 at 7:46 pm

        Thank you Seena 🙂

        Reply
    17. Deepika Khanduja

      October 06, 2015 at 9:26 pm

      Really look tempting abd delcious....am going to try it but I have a query...which milk powder to use and which vegetable shortening??

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 06, 2015 at 9:39 pm

        I am in US, so I used the dry milk powder and veg. shortening that we get in the baking aisles. But I guess dalda would be the veg. shortening that was available when I was in India, and milk powder was from Nestle

        Reply
    18. Jyothi - Currytrail.in

      October 07, 2015 at 12:26 am

      wow this is truly tempting...look at those jamuns, I just want to pop one in my mouth 😀

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 07, 2015 at 12:29 am

        Thank you Jyothi 🙂 All yours!

        Reply
    19. Preetanikam

      August 04, 2016 at 9:16 am

      Came out exactly what you made. Thanks ?

      Reply
      • Kushi

        August 04, 2016 at 10:00 am

        Thank you so much. I am glad you liked it!

        Reply
    20. Nivedita

      August 27, 2016 at 7:07 am

      LOOKS VERY TEMPTING....
      INSTEAD OF KNEADING DOUGH ADDING DALDA ...WHAT CAN WE ADD....?????
      PLS REPLY

      Reply
      • Kushi

        August 27, 2016 at 9:45 am

        I have not tried but you can add in butter or ghee. Do let me know how it turned out 🙂

        Reply
    21. Moumita Malla

      September 06, 2016 at 12:44 am

      It is too delicious and perfect

      Reply
      • Kushi

        September 07, 2016 at 10:34 pm

        Thank you Moumita 🙂

        Reply
    22. Scarlet

      November 09, 2020 at 10:43 am

      Thanks for this gulab jamun recipe. I love to try new things!

      Reply
    23. Lillie

      March 29, 2021 at 11:49 am

      5 stars
      I've loved eating these sweets in India restaurants, but never knew how to make them until this. Thanks!

      Reply

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