Gulab jamun recipe | how to make Gulab jamun | Gulab jamun with Gits instant mix
Ingredients
For jamun
- 200 grm Gits gulab jamun instant mix
- ½ cup or 120 ml milk
- Ghee for frying
For sugar syrup
- 3 cup sugar
- 4 cup water
- 3 cardamoms
- ¼ tsp saffron strands.
Instructions
- Prepare sugar syrup by boiling 600 grams or 3 cup sugar and 4 cup water. Also add 3 cardamom and some saffron strands in it.
- boil for 5-7 minutes or until syrup turns sticky.
- Cover the prepared sugar syrup, so it become slightly hot.
- Now in a bowl add 200 grams gits gulab jamun mix.
- add ½ cup or 120 ml milk and mix gently to the mixture.
- Cover and rest for 5-7 minutes.
- Milk is absorbed into mixture. make a soft and smooth dough without over kneading.
- grease the hand with ghee and prepare small ball sized jamuns.
- heat the ghee on medium flame and when the ghee is moderately hot, fry the jamuns.
- fry the balls on low flame stirring in between.
- drop the fried gulab jamuns into the warm sugar syrup.
- cover the lid and rest for 35-40 minutes.
- finally, the Gits gulab jamun has doubled in size. serve warm with ice cream or cold.
Notes
- Mix milk into the instant mix; do not knead the dough.
- Let the mixture rest for 5-7 minutes so that the milk can absorb into it.
- Cook the sugar syrup until it becomes slightly sticky; do not wait for any string consistency.
- The gulab jamun dough should be soft. If the dough is slightly hard, add 1-2 tbsp of milk to it.
- Gently press and shape the gulab jamun into a round shape without any cracks.
- Fry the gulab jamun on a medium-low flame; do not fry it on high flame.
- Immediately dip-fry the gulab jamun into slightly hot sugar syrup.