Ingredients:
• 1/4 cup Maida
• A pinch of Baking soda
• 250 gmKhoya/Mawa/Khava
• 1 1/2 cups Sugar
• 3/4 cup Water
• Cardamom powder
• Oil for frying Method
: • Take maida in a bowl and add baking soda. Mix well
. • Add 250 gm grated khava. Mix well and knead it into dough.
• Transfer the dough into a bowl, cover and let it rest for about 20- 25 minutes.
• Take sugar in a pan and add water. Heat up on medium heat until all sugar dissolves.
• Once sugar dissolves, increase the heat to high and bring the syrup to boil.
• Once syrup begins to boil lower the heat to medium and cook for 4-5 minutes more.
• The consistency for the syrup should be close to single thread.
• Add cardamom powder. You can also add saffron or rose essence
. • Mix well and turn off the gas. Sugar syrup is already.
• Take the dough and knead it once more.
• Take a small ball smaller in size than lemon and roll it into smooth ball. No cracks should be left on it
. • Heat up oil on medium heat. Fry gulab jamun on low to medium heat.
• When oil is enough hot, drop gulab jamun in it and sprinkle oil on them with spoon.
• Fry gulab jamun stirring continuously for about 5-6 minutes
. • When they get nice reddish colour, take them out of oil and drop in hot sugar syrup.
• After dropping, coat them with syrup really good. Gulab jamun are already.