SOOJI GULAB JAMUN

GULAB JAMUN

Gulab jamun are soft delicious berry sized balls soaked in sugar syrup & enjoyed. Gulab Jamun is one of India's most popular sweet. These are deep fried and soaked in sugar syrup. A unique way of preparing the traditional indian jamun dessert with fine semolina. It can be an alternative version of gulab jamun which does not require mawa or milk khoya. Also, once the gulab jamun is ready you would not be able to distinguish if it is made with sooji or with khoya, but, if you are addicted to the milk-based gulab jamun, only then you may find any difference.

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

1/2 cup sooji

1 cup sugar

Water

A few saffron strands

1 tbsp ghee

Recipe:

For sugar syrup-

1. Add 3 cup water in a pan, to this add sugar and keep stirring it at medium flame till sugar melts. Add saffron strands at this point.
2. Cover it for 7-8 minutes. Remove it from stove and let it cool.

For Gulab jamuns-

1. In another pan, melt ghee, add milk to this and let it come to a boil.
2. Add sooji to this slowly to avoid lumps and keep stirring continuously till it gets thickened and soaks up all the milk.
3. Take it out in a plate and let it cool for sometime.
4. Use your hands to make a dough out of this.
5. Make balls of this dough in your desired shape. Avoid any cracks in the dough balls.
6. Heat up oil in a frying pan. Fry these Gulab jamuns on medium flame.
7. Wait till they turn a little golden brown before turning them to avoid breaking of Gulab jamuns.
8. Fry them till they turn brown in colour.
9. Dip these Gulab jamuns in sugar syrup and let it soak for around 10-20 minutes till they soak up the syrup.
10. Take these out in a bowl and garnish it with dry fruits.
11. Serve hot or chilled as per your preference.

Thanks to my Chachi with whom I tried this new and amazing recipe. We all enjoyed a lot and I hope you all will also like these soft, spongy and melt in mouth gulab jamuns drenched in syrup is a traditional homemade sweet.

Enjoy and keep showering your love.