Gulab Jamoon

Ingredients

• Milk powder : 1 cup
• All purpose flour : 1/2 cup
• Unsalted butter : 3 tbsp
• Whole milk : 4 tbsp
• Baking soda
• Sugar : 1 3/4 cup
• Water : 1 1/2 cup
• Cardamom powder : Pinch

Method of preparation

Syrup:

• In a large pan, add water, sugar, and ground cardamom seeds and bring it to a boil.
• Let the syrup boil for a minute then remove it from the heat.
• Stir the syrup until the sugar is dissolved.
• Set the syrup aside.

Gulab Jamun:

• In a bowl, mix milk powder, flour and baking soda.
• Add the butter and mix well.
• Now add milk to make soft dough. The dough will be sticky.
• Let the dough sit for a few minutes. Milk powder will absorb the extra milk. If the dough is dry, add more milk, as the dough should be soft.
• Knead the dough.
• Grease your hand with butter so that it does'nt stick to your hand.
• Divide the dough into equal portions and roll them into round balls.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. The frying pan should have at least 1 ½ inch of oil. 
• Fry it till golden brown. While frying keep rolling the gulab jamuns around so they are evenly browned.
• Transfer the gulab jamoon into the syrup solution.
• The gulab jamuns should sit in the hot syrup for at least 20 minutes prior to serving.