GULAB JAMUNS

Ingredients :

For the jamuns :

Milk powder – 2 cups

Maida – 1/2 cup

Baking soda – ½ tsp
ghee - 2 tbsp

lukewarm milk – to knead a soft dough

For the sugar syrup :

Sugar – 3 cups

Water – 3 and ½ cups

Rose essence – 1 tbsp

Method :

1)     In a wide vessel, mix maida, ghee, milk powder, baking soda well

2)     Add milk little by little to form a soft loose dough (it should be loose but you should be able to make smooth balls)

3)     Fry them one by one in ghee till golden brown (they get heated up soon, so fry them in medium flame)

4)     In the meantime, take sugar and water and make a syrup – no string consistency but it should not be watery

5)     Add rose essence and switch off the flame

6)     Drop hot jamuns immediately after frying in this syrup