Name: Gulab Jamun
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 60 gm cottage cheese ( soft, chenna); 21/2 cup khoya (grated, mawa (500 gm) ); 4 tbsp refined flour (maida); ½ tsp baking soda; 2½ cup water; 5 cup Sugar; 5 tsp pistachios (chopped, blanched (pista)); ¼ tsp saffron (kesar soaked in 1 tbsp milk); 8-10 saffron strands (for sugar syrup); ½ tsp green cardamom powder; 500 ml ghee (oil)

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Gulab jamun is one of the favorite Indian dessert for many folks and it happens to be one of the desserts served in Indian thalis.

Traditionally gulab jamun is made with Khoya/mawa (milk solids) drenched in delicately flavored sugar syrup garnished with saffron (Here I have added soft cottage cheese-chenna).

Other versions are also available in the market like some instant mix, ready gulab jamuns or the sweet potato, bread or milk powder jamuns. Nothing can be as tasty as gulab jamun made at home with khoya. Try these gulab jamun to satisfy your sweet cravings.

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 50

Served AsDesserts, Dinner, Lunch

CuisineDesserts, Homestyle Cooking, Indian

Recipe Taste Sweet

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If any of the gulab jamun balls have cracked while frying, soak them separately else it will mess up the entire syrup.Do not fry the balls in very hot ghee or oil, as it burns the gulab jamun balls and the inner part will not be cooked. Always fry them on medium flame. Increase or decrease the flame intensity accordingly.
Do not make large balls because size will increase after frying and soaking in the sugar syrup.
Do not add hot jamuns directly into the sugar syrup, let them cool for 5 minutes otherwise they will shrink.
If you like the rose flavor, you can add small amount of rose water to the syrup (instead of saffron).

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