Gulab Jamun
Milk powder dumplings fried gently and soaked in warm cardamom syrup until they double in size.
Prep
25 min
Cook
40 min
Total
65 min
Serves
8
Per serving
502 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Boil the sugar and water with the bruised green cardamom and saffron into a light syrup and keep it warm.
Step 2: Rub the ghee into the milk powder, plain flour and baking powder, then bring together with the full fat milk into a soft dough.
Step 3: Roll smooth crack-free balls and rest them briefly.
Step 4: Fry very gently in the vegetable oil, moving constantly, until evenly deep brown.
Step 5: Drop the hot dumplings straight into the warm syrup and leave them to soak for at least an hour.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 8 servings.
- 200 gMilk powder
- 60 gPlain flour
- 30 gGhee
- 90 mlFull fat milk
- ½ tspBaking powder
- 400 gSugar
- 500 mlWater
- 4 podsGreen cardamom — bruised
- 100 mlVegetable oil — absorbed during frying
- 1 pinchSaffron
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 502 kcal
- Protein
- 7.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 66 g
- Fat
- 23.4 g
- Saturated fat
- 8.4 g
- Fibre
- 0.2 g
- Sugar
- 60.1 g
- Sodium
- 131 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.