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Gulab Jamun

Also known as: گلاب جامن

Swasthi Shreekanth’s selected milk-powder gulab jamun shapes a soft dough into small balls, fries them golden in ghee and soaks them in rosewater-and-cardamom sugar syrup. Chopped pistachios finish the dessert.

About Gulab Jamun

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Swasthi Shreekanth presents two gulab jamun preparations and describes the sweet as part of festive and celebration meals in India. This account follows her milk-powder recipe, keeping the separate khoya version outside the selected formula.

Sugar, water and crushed green cardamom make a syrup that is cooked until slightly sticky. Rosewater is added after the heat is turned off, and the syrup is kept ready for the fried balls.

Milk powder, all-purpose flour and baking soda are mixed evenly, then the selected ghee is worked in. Yogurt and milk are mixed separately and added gradually, with extra liquid used only as needed to bring the dough together.

The sticky dough is handled with greased fingers and shaped into smooth small balls. They are fried in the selected ghee, with gentle stirring to develop an even golden colour.

The fried balls go into the syrup and rest before serving, with chopped pistachios added as garnish. The creator describes the soaked result as soft and juicy; the heat of the syrup is a preparation condition rather than a stated final serving temperature.

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Dish type: Dessert
Preparation: Read the preparation
Make syrup from sugar/water/selected crushed green cardamom pods, simmer until slightly sticky, turn off heat and add rosewater; conditional water if over-reduced to string consistency. Mix milk powder/flour/baking soda evenly, work in selected dough ghee. Mix selected yogurt and milk separately, add gradually and adjust extra milk/yogurt only as needed; conditional small extra flour only if sticky per photo guidance. Use separately allocated ghee for greasing hands, shape smooth balls, fry in separate ghee medium until evenly golden with gentle stirring. Add to prepared hot syrup, rest before serving and garnish chopped pistachios.

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Ingredients in Gulab Jamun

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Vegetable Oilother
Khoyabase
Cardamomother
Waterother
Milk Powderother
Gheeother
Sugarother
Wheat flourbinder

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Countries & places: India
Cooking traditions: Indian

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Gulab Jamun Recipe