Gulab Jamun | Gulab Jamun with Homemade Khoya

Gulab jamun is a delicious popular and traditional Indian sweet made with khoya. There are many varieties of jamun like potato jamun, kala jamun, bread jamun, paneer jamun etc.. Here I have posted the very basic jamun variety made with homemade khoya or khova.Click here for Home made khoya recipe. It is one of the most common and most loved sweet in India.Learn how to make this traditional gulab jamun below.

Ingredients

Home made plain Khoya-250 gms

Maida-1/4 cup

Cooking soda a pinch
Milk-1/4 cup
Oil or ghee for frying

For sugar syrup

Sugar-1 1/2 cups
Water-1 1/2 cups
Rose essence few drops(optional)

Method

👉Click here  Homemade Khoya/ mawa

👉First grate the khoya without any lumps .
👉Add maida,cooking soda,very little milk and make a soft dough without any cracks (mix it very very gently donot apply too much pressure).Allow it to rest for 10 mins.

👉Simultaneously make the sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in water and allow it to boil until  you get sticky consistency(pisukku padham),remove from fire and add rose essence.set aside.
👉Heat oil or ghee in a kadai for deep frying.
👉Now make same lemon sized balls out of the dough very gently making sure that there are no cracks .

👉Deep fry them in hot oil /ghee after reducing the flame . Cook in low heat only by gently flipping the balls,once it reaches golden brown colour remove from fire and add it to warm sugar syrup.

👉Let it soak in sugar syrup for minimum 3 hours.
👉Serve.

Yeilds-15 jamuns.