Gulab Jamun

Yummy Jamuns

Ingredients:

For Jamuns:
GITS Instant Gulab jamun : 1 packet
Milk : 1 cup (adjust to form a dough)
Ghee : 2 spoons enough amount to apply to hands)
Oil : for deep fry

Syrup:
Sugar : 1 glass
Water : 1 glass
Elachi : 1 tsp powdered

Method:

Pour jamun powder in a bowl.

Add enough milk to form a dough.
Rub ghee to hands and start kneading the flour to form soft dough. The dough should be similar chapati dough.

When kneading the jamun mix, work with your fingers gently. Do not apply more pressure with entire palm. This will result in not having fluffy and soft jamuns.

After kneading the dough, close the lid and let it rest for 30 min.
Apply, ghee to your hands and make small balls. Ensure that you are making smooth balls by working them in between your palms gently.
Heat oil to in a pan to deep fry these balls.
Once the oil is heated, put the stove in simmer mode and fry the jamuns. Fry only few at a time.

Oil should not be overheated and always fry the jamuns in simmer mode only. Otherwise, jamuns will turn into brown color and inner part will not cook properly.

Sugar Syrup:

Simultaneously, pour sugar, water and elachi powder in a wide vessel to prepare sugar syrup. Put this vessel on the stove and let it cool. One the sugar syrup boils with bubbles, put the stove on simmer for 4 min and then switch the stove off.

Transfer fried jamuns immediately to the sugar syrup and let it soak. jamuns will double in size once they are well soaked.
Transfer them to a bowl.
Serve hot or cold.