GULAB JAMUN

Ingredients:
1) 1 cup milk powder
2) 1/4 cup All Purpose flour (maida)
3) Pinch of baking soda
4) 3 tablespoons butter at room temperature
5) 1/4 cup whole milk at room temperature
6) 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
7) 1 1/2 cup water
8) pinch of cardomom seeds
9) Oil for deep-frying

Method:
Syrup preparation:
Please note that - you can vary the amount of sugar as you required as the sweetness of sugar might vary for different brands.

1) In a large pan, add water, sugar,cardomom seeds and mix while it is on med-high heat. Bring it to boil.
2) When it starts boiling, remove from the heat and keep it aside.

Gulab Jamun:
1) In a bowl, mix milk powder, maida and baking soda.
2) Add butter little by little and mix well.
3) Add milk little by little and knead to make soft dough.
4) Let the dough sit for a few minutes so that milk powder will absorb extra milk.
5) Make sure the dough is soft else add little milk to make the dough soft.
6) Divide the dough into 15-18 equal portions and roll them into smooth round balls.
7) Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. The frying pan should have at least 1 ½ inch of oil.
8) Take a pinch of dough and drop it into the oil. If the dough sits on the bottom of oil for a second and comes up right away then it's time to fry Gulab Jamun.
9) While frying keep rolling the jamuns to get evenly become to dark brown.
10) Take out the jamuns and cool for a minute and place it in a hot sugar syrup for about 15 minutes.
11) Now, it's ready to have a delicious sweet.