BREAD GULAB JAMUN

Gulab jamun  is a quintenssential dessert that’s present at every party, wedding, festival. It is a rich Indian sweet that’s made with reduced milk solids i.e. mava made into balls, fried and dunked in thick sugar syrup. Because of the popularity, there are many different methods to prepare gulab jamun.

Bread gulab jamun is an easy version of gulab jamun, which is usually made with khoya or milk powder as main ingredient. I made this bread gulab jamun, just to demonstrate here. They smell and taste yeasty when compared to the ones with khoya or milk powder. I wanted to try this from long time. I was sure it would taste good as shahi tukda is also made with bread soaked in sugar syrup. This is simple recipe which is made by just bread and milk. No readymade mix is required. This recipe is very simple and quick to make for festivals and gatherings.

This is very simple easy and simple recipe, but for those who prefers sweet the traditional way, this recipe in not for you. Those who like some shortcuts or interesting new methods of preparing our popular recipes, jump on board!

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INGREDIENTS:

12 White Bread Slices

1 teaspoon Clarified Butter [Ghee]

1 ½ Cup Sugar

1 ½ Cup Water

1 Cup Full Cream Milk [As required]

5-6 Almonds

5-6 Cashews

¼ teaspoon Cardamoms Powder

Clarified Butter [for frying]

METHOD:

For Sugar Syrup:
STEP 1 – First Prepare the sugar syrup, take sugar and water in a vessel.

STEP 2 – Heat it and cook till the sugar melts in water.

STEP 3 – When water starts simmering and sugar dissolves in water, check the syrup.

Place 2 drops of syrup in a bowl. Once cooled, check the string consistency. If formation of one tread in the syrup, that means syrup is ready.

STEP 4 – Turn off the flame. Let keep the sugar syrup aside.

For making Gulab Jamuns:

STEP 1 – Cut off the edges from the bread slice with the help of a knife. Likewise, cut all the edges.

STEP 2 – Break the bread slices and place them in a mixer pot to make crumbs. Ground all the bread slices similarly to make crumbs.

STEP 3 – Take out the bread crumbs in a bowl,

add 1 teaspoon clarified butter

and milk little by little

and knead a soft dough.

STEP 4 – Cover the dough and keep it aside for 10 minutes.

STEP 5 – Meanwhile cut the cashwes and almonds in small chunks.

STEP 6 – Grease your hands with some clarified butter and knead the bread dough again.

STEP 7 – Roll small round gulab jamuns from the dough.

STEP 8 – Heat clarified butter in a wide vok.

STEP 9 – Fry the ready gulab jamuns in small batches until golden brown.

STEP 10 – Repeat the same with the rest of the dough. Put them on a kitchen towel or a tissue paper to drain the excess ghee form it.

STEP 11 – Put the fried gulab jamuns in a sugar syrup and garnish them with the chopped cashews and almonds and ready to serve.

Serve the gulab jamuns to your loved ones hot or cool and enjoy.