Ingredients:
  • Instant dry milk (milk powder) 1 cup
  • All purpose flour 4 tbsp
  • Yogurt 4 tbsp (or enough to knead the dough)
  • Clarified butter 2 tbsp
  • Baking soda 1/2 tsp
  • Water 4 cups
  • Sugar 3 cups
  • Rose essence few drops, optional.
  • You can use Saffron Essence too.
  • Cardamom powder  1/2 tsp or to taste
  • Saffron few strands,
  • optional Salt- ¼ tsp
  • Oil for deep frying


Method:

  •  Make the syrup in a pan by adding water, sugar, rose syrup, cardamom powder and saffron.
  • Put the pot on the flame and bring to boil. Once it starts boiling, reduce the heat and allow it to simmer.
  • Meanwhile, get the oil for deep-frying ready. Heat up the oil on low to medium heat. ( Temperature of oil is the key to make good Gulab Jamuns. Temperature has to be between low to medium)
  • For the dumplings, in a mixing bowl,add in all dry ingredients i.e instant dry milk, salt, all purpose flour and baking soda.
  • Mix well and add in the clarified butter and after that slowly start mixing in the yogurt. Make into a dough. (Yogurt is the binding factor here so don't need to add any water to make the dough)
  • Allow the dough to rest for 10-15 minutes by covering it with a damp cloth or kitchen towel. Make desired size balls, make sure they are smooth and do not have any creases. (You can use a little oil on your hands and make the ball and flatten it out and then roll it again to a ball this will help smoothening out the cracks)
  • Test the oil by dropping a small piece of dough, if it sits at the bottom of the pan for a few seconds before coming to the surface, the oil is ready.
  • Carefully drop 3-4 dumplings in the oil and keep rotating them for an even color.
  • Once the dumplings are a dark golden brown, take them out into a paper towel
  • Bring the syrup to another quick boil and drop in the dumplings.
  • Turn off the flame and cover the pan and let them soak in the syrup for at least 1 hour. The more you let them sit in the syrup, the better. ( They soak up the delicious syrup, fluff up and becomes very soft)
  • Serve these HOT.

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