Gulab Jamun

This is a dessert especially eaten in North India. Gulab Jamuns can be found in various shapes and sizes. The small round ones are the globally accepted ones. If you do not have any trouble eating sugar, this will be a recipe you do not want to miss. It can be easily made at home. The ingredients are readily available from your local supermarket store.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup milk powder of any good brand
2. 1/3 cup cake flour or all purpose flour
3. A pinch of baking powder
4. 2 tablespoon ghee
5. Milk for kneading

For sugar syrup
1. 2 cups sugar

2. 1 cup water
3. Cardamom seeds crushed of 3-4 green cardamoms

Method:-
* Mix the milk powder, cake flour, baking powder, and ghee. Add little milk to make into a medium hard dough.

* Now make into small balls. There should not be any visible cracks in the balls as it will break while frying. Cover it with a damp cloth.

* Heat the oil for frying. Now fry the balls in a low flame. All the sides should equally brown.

* Take a heavy bottomed pan and put in the sugar and water. Heat it and let the sugar dissolve completely in the water. Add the crushed cardamom seeds. Now drop in the made gulab jamuns. The sugar syrup should be made before frying the gulab jamuns, so that they can be instantly dropped into the sugar syrup.

* Sit back and enjoy.