Pakistani sweet Gulab Jamun recipe

Pakistani Gulab Jaman home recipe:

Gulab Jamun is a solid milk based dessert, very popular in south Asian countries. I really love it and often make it at home. Here is how you can also make Gulab Jamun at home:

Ingredients:

• Egg ½

  

  Gulab Jamun

• Khoya 250 - 300 grams
• Sugar 2 cups
• Milk powder 1/2 cup
• Green cardamoms 8
• Water as required to make sugar syrup
• Kewra essence three, four drops
• Clarified (unsalted) butter as required
• Plain flour (maida) 1 tbsp
• Semolina (suji) 1 tbsp
• Baking powder 1/4 tsp
• Oil for frying (you can use pure ghee as well)

Method:

• Add sugar in a pan with enough water and heat it to form the syrup.
• When it starts to thicken add green cardamoms and remove from heat after five minutes.
• Beat the egg and add khoya, semolina, plain flour and milk powder into it.
• Mix together using your hands.
• Add baking powder and clarified butter and knead the mixture, keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Make small balls from that mixture (depend on what size you want for your Gulab Jamans)
• Add oil in a pan for deep frying and keep it on medium flame
• Add the balls in the pan and fry till golden color.
• Now dip the balls in the sugar syrup, you can garnish it with blanched pistachios and serve hot.