Homemade Easy Gulab Jamun Recipe - Delicious & Tasty

Step 1: To begin making the Gulab Jamun Recipe, get all the ingredients ready

Step 2: Preheat the oil for deep frying

Step 3: Into a large mixing bowl, add all the dry ingredients - milk powder, maida, sugar, soda and cardamom powder

Step 4: Add the cream and mix well to combine until you get a dough like consistency

Step 5: The Gulab Jamun mixture will be a little sticky and this is the nature of it, as the milk powder has sweet which will cause this

Step 6: Grease your fingers with oil and start shaping the Gulab Jamuns into tiny balls little larger than an Indian gooseberry / amla

Step 7: Once you have shaped all the Gulab Jamun dough, we will now begin to start deep frying

Step 8: Slide the Gulab Jamuns into the pre heated oil and deep fry on medium heat until all the jamuns are fried until golden brown

Step 9: It will take close to 5 minutes to fry a batch of jamuns over medium heat

Step 10: Once fried strain them into kitchen paper towels and keep aside

Step 11: Parallely, into a large wide bowl heat the water and sugar

Step 12: Allow the sugar to dissolve completely

Step 13: Once the sugar dissolves, add the rose water and a large pinch of saffron

Step 14: Give the Gulab Jal water a brisk boil for about 2 to 3 minutes and turn off the heat

Step 15: Add the fried Gulab Jamuns into the hot gulab jal water and allow it to soak for about 2 hours

Step 16: The Gulab Jamuns will expand and soak in the water and fluff up

Step 17: So ensure you keep some room in the gulab jal water bowl for this expansion

Step 18: If required soak it in two bowls

Step 19: Cover the pan while the gulab jamun us soaking so it becomes soft

Step 20: Half way through the soaking process, turn the Gulab Jamuns around so all the sides get evenly soaked

Step 21: Once soaked, the Gulab Jamuns are ready to be served

Step 22: Serve the Gulab Jamuns hot or cold as a dessert after a delicious meal