Gulab Jamun - Indian Recipe

Gulab Jamun

🌍 Indian, Sweet Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 200g khoya (mawa)
• 50g paneer
• 3 tbsp maida
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• oil for frying. **Syrup:** 400g sugar
• 500ml water
• cardamom
• rose water
• saffron

Method

1. Mixing — Mix khoya, paneer, maida, soda into smooth dough. Shape into smooth balls (small, no cracks).
2. Frying — Fry in oil at 140–150°C (300°F) / 285–150°C (300°F) very slowly until deep brown, turning constantly (~8 min).
3. Boiling — Boil syrup until sugar dissolves; add cardamom and saffron.
4. Adding — Add hot gulab jamuns to warm syrup; soak 1 hour minimum.

Tags: khoya, paneer, maida, baking soda, oil for frying. **syrup:** 400g sugar · Source: Brittani's Almanac