Perfect Gulab Jamun Recipe: English – Urdu

Perfect Gulab Jamun Recipe

Ingredients:

1. Lassa Khoya – 1 kg
2. Plain Flour – ¾ cup
3. Egg – 1
4. Baking Soda – 2 pinches or 1/8 tsp
5. Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
6. Oil or ghee – for Deep Frying
7. Semolina – 2 tbsp (soaked in water until rise up, then drain extra water and use)

Method:

• Take a mixing bowl, add khoya, flour, egg, baking Soda and soaked semolina, mix well and make smooth dough.
• Put the pan on very low heat with the oil for deep frying. (Very Low Heat please).
• Make small balls of the dough and use some oil on your hands to make a smooth and shiny ball of the size of a cherry.
• Once the balls have turned dark brown then transfer them in the sugar syrup for 40 minutes.
• Then garnish with chopped pistachio and silver paper and serve.

To make Sugar Syrup

Ingredients:

1. Sugar – 1 ½ kg
2. Water – 1 litre
3. Green Cardamoms – 8

Method:

• Take a pot and add water, sugar and green Cardamoms. Bring the water to boil.
• Let it boil for 15 minutes. (Keep the pot covered with a lid, just leave a bit of room for steam to escape).
• Once the syrup has thickened a bit then keep it aside.