Malai Gulab Jamun

Here is a simple recipe to make malai gulab jamun.

Preparation time: 30 minutes 

Ingredients:

•  Milk powdered - 1 cup
•  Semolina/ Sooji- 4tbsp 
• All purpose flour/ Maida- 4tbsp
•  Milk- 1 cup (to make dough) 
• Baking Powder- ½ tsp 
• Ghee/vegetable oil for frying 

For filling:

• Cream/malai- 1 cup
•     Milk- 1 cup (to make dough) 
•  Coconut- ½ cup grated(optional)

For sugar syrup:

• Sugar- 2 cups 
• Water- 2 cups
•  4 - 5 Cardamom
• few drops of lemon
• Few strands of kesar

Procedure:

•  Make a dough of maida, sooji, milk powder, milk, baking powder and ghee. 
• Knead a soft dough and leave for 2-3 hours. 
• After leaving the dough for a few hours, add more milk and then knead into a soft dough again. This is done because the dough becomes stiff and hard after leaving it for 2 or more hours. 
• Heat a frying pan. 
• Add  clarified butter/ghee for frying the jamun. 
• Let it heat on low flame. You can also use vegetable oil. 
• Meanwhile, make small round jamuns and keep them in a plate. 
• You can apply a little ghee on your palms to roll the jamun balls easily.
• On the other gas burner, boil water in a deep bottomed pan. 
• When it turns hot, add the sugar and make a syrup. 
• Stir on low flame till the sugar melts. 
• Let it cool after the sugar dissolves and the syrup is ready.
•  Now, when the ghee is hot, fry the jamuns until they become brown. 
• Take them out and dip in the sugar syrup. Let the jamun balls soak in sugar syrup for 3-4 hours. 
• Take the jamuns out after soaking and gently squeeze out syrup. 
• Make a small slit at one end and fill the cream/ malai.

Enjoy this creamy yummy dessert!!!