Instant Bread Gulab Jamun- Easy Bread Gulab Jamun
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 10
Ingredients
For making the dough
  • White bread slices- 6
  • Milk- 3 tbsp
  • Ghee- 1 tsp
  • Oil- enough for frying
  • Ghee- 1 tbsp
For making sugar syrup
  • Water- 1 cup
  • Sugar- 1 cup
  • Whole cardamoms- 2
  • Saffron- 2 pinches
  • Lemon juice- 1 tsp
Instructions
  1. First, let's make the sugar syrup.
  2. Place a saucepan over medium heat: add water, sugar, whole cardamoms and saffron.
  3. Cook, let sugar melt completely.
  4. Add lemon juice, combine well.
  5. Let simmer over low heat for 3 minutes till syrup has thickened slightly.
  6. Remove the pan from the heat and let cool down.
  7. Next, let's make the Jamuns using bread.
  8. Remove the golden brown edges from the bread slices.
  9. Stack the bread slices and cut into cubes.
  10. Add the cubed bread into a food processor and pulse it a few times till bread resembles to bread crumbs.
  11. Transfer the breadcrumbs into a large bowl. Combine the breadcrumbs using your finger.
  12. Add milk slowly and knead the bread crumbs well till it forms soft.
  13. Apply 1 tsp ghee on the palm of your hand.
  14. Make small balls out of the dough. Make sure not to roll the balls too firm, it should be soft without any cracks on the surface. Keep aside.
  15. Place a frying pan over medium heat, let turn hot.
  16. Add enough oil for frying and 1 tbsp ghee; let oil turn hot.
  17. Add the bread balls, 4 at a time without crowding.
  18. Fry over medium heat, keep stirring the balls frequently and let fry till golden brown.
  19. Using a slotted spoon, remove the fried balls from the oil.
  20. Immediately drop the fried balls into the sugar syrup.
  21. Let stand for 15 minutes and then place the gulab jamun along with the sugar syrup in the refrigerator to chill for 1 to 2 hrs.
  22. Serve chilled gulab jamuns in dessert bowls and enjoy. It's absolutely YUM.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/instant-bread-gulab-jamun-easy-bread-gulab-jamun/