Gulab Jamun are dumplings made with khoya (milk solids) and paneer (cottage cheese). Gulab Jamun is eaten all over India and also in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. It is served during parties, weddings and festivals, but we Indians love them so much that we eat them any time. Gulab Jamun is best eaten at room temperature but during winter eat them hot. You can also enjoy hot jamun with Vanilla Ice cream. Oh! I love it.
Gulab Jamun is made mainly from milk solids, traditionally from khoya, which is milk reduced to the consistency of a soft dough. Milk and cheese solids are prepared by heating milk over a low flame until the water content has evaporated and only the milk solids, known as khoya, remain.
The solids are kneaded with flour (maida) and small balls of this dough are deep-fried in ghee (clarified butter) at a low temperature, then soaked in a light sugar syrup flavored with green cardamom and rose water, kewra or saffron. Hot gulab jamun is often served with vanilla ice cream.
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Yield: 15 to 20
Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 50 minutes
Ingredients for Gulab Jamun
300 grams khoya ( milk solids/ concentration of milk to 1/5 volume)
100 grams paneer (cottage cheese)
100 grams maida (plain flour)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 to 3 teaspoon milk
600 grams sugar
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
2 teaspoon kishmish (raisin)
1 teaspoon cut mishri optional (rock candy)
A few strands of kesar (saffron)
600 grams sugar
400 ml water
1 teaspoon rose water
Ghee for frying
Directions for Gulab Jamun
- Grate khoya and paneer. Mix and mash it with your palm.
- Add maida, baking powder and make a dough by adding milk. Mix well but gently.
- Cover the dough with wet cloth and leave it to rest for 15 minutes .
- Make sugar syrup in a pan by boiling water and sugar together. Add the rose water.
- Mix cardamom powder, raisins, mishri and saffron together to be stuffed in the Jamuns.
- Heat ghee in a pan to fry the Jamuns. Ghee should not be very hot.
- Now knead the dough gently and make lemon size balls. Flatten a ball and place little of the raisin mix and close the ball. Roll the ball between your palms lightly.
- Fry them on low heat till brown in colour. Drain and dip them in the sugar syrup.
- When all the Jamuns are dipped in the syrup heat the pan for a few minutes.
- This will help the Jamuns to absorb the syrup well and become soft.
- Serve hot or at room temperature.
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This is a very good recipe! Is worth trying out especially during holiday season.
What’s maida khoya
Maida is “All Purpose Flour” and Khoya is thickened milk, where milk is contantly boiled and reduced to 1/4 from its total quantity to solidify it.