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    Home » Recipes » Jamun Recipes

    Milk powder gulab jamun recipe | Diwali sweets

    Updated on October 28, 2021 by Raks Anand 21 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Homemade gulab Jamun from scratch with milk powder as main ingredient. Simple recipe with easily available ingredients.

    milk powder gulab jamun
    Milk powder gulab jamun

    I have tried milk powder gulab jamun many times, but somehow felt something was missing in the recipe or at times the looks will not be as good as I expect.

    So kept postponing to blog. Few months back, a reader friend Arockia Mary Anita sent me this recipe from a magazine and asked me to try and post.

    I tried it with few changes and it turned out good. I had some Amulya that I had to use soon, so I made this milk powder jamun recipe for this Diwali 2016.

    gulab jamun with milk powder
    Gulab jamun with milk powder

    Stay tuned for more exciting recipes! Browse my other Diwali recipes and easy Diwali sweets

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    gulab jamun with milk powder
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    Milk powder gulab jamun

    Homemade gulab Jamun from scratch with milk powder as main ingredient. Simple recipe with easily available ingredients.
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes minutes
    Servings 20 Jamun
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Milk powder
    • 1 tablespoon Ghee
    • ⅛ teaspoon Cooking soda
    • 2 tablespoon All purpose flour Maida
    • 2 tablespoon Curd plain yogurt
    • 2 pinches Salt
    • 1.5 cup Sugar
    • 1 Pinch Saffron
    • 1 Cardamom
    • Oil/ ghee/ vanaspati – to deep fry
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    Instructions

    • First make sugar syrup with 1 cup water.
    • Bring to boil and let it boil in medium flame for 4-5 minutes, or until the syrup is sticky and feels like oil. Add saffron and cardamom powder while boiling.
    • In a mixing bowl, add milk powder, maida, cooking soda, salt, ghee and mix well.
    • Add curd and required water, make a dough without any cracks.
    • Make it gently, without kneading much. Keep aside for 5 mins.
    • Mix again gently and make equal sized balls out of it. I made 20.
    • Everything should be done gently, don’t be hard while rolling. Rolled balls should not have any cracks. So add water accordingly.
    • You might need to grease your hands with ghee for rolling each jamun.
    • Heat oil and put the flame to low ( oil should never smoke at any point).
    • Add 6-7 jamuns per batch and keep turning for even cooking/ browning.
    • Drain in paper towel and immediately add to the hot sugar syrup. Repeat to finish.

    Notes

    • Do not add more maida as it will make the jamun hard. Cooking soda must be added just right, do not add more.
    • Jamun and syrup should both be hot.
    • Give good soaking time for these jamuns.
    • When you drop the jamun, it should not get browned immediately. If it does, then your oil is too hot to fry. It will not get cooked from inside. So make sure to regulate the heat. It should get fried very slowly in low flame.
    • If oil is not hot enough also its not good, so bring the oil hot and put the flame low one hot.
    • The curd and soda makes the jamun soft and big, so do not skip anything.
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    Stepwise photos

    1. First make sugar syrup with 1 cup water. Bring to boil and let it boil in medium flame for 4-5 minutes, or until the syrup is not watery. Add saffron and cardamom powder while boiling.

    3-syrup

    2. In a mixing bowl, add milk powder, maida, cooking soda, salt, ghee and mix well. Add curd and required water, make a dough without any cracks. Make it gently, without kneading much. Keep aside for 5 mins.

    1-mix

    3. Mix again gently and make equal sized balls out of it. I made 20. Everything should be done gently, don’t be hard while rolling. Rolled balls should not have any cracks. So add water accordingly. You might need to grease your hands with ghee for rolling each jamun.

    2-roll

    4. Heat oil and put the flame to low (oil should never smoke at any point). Add 6-7 jamuns per batch and keep turning for even cooking/ browning. Drain in paper towel and immediately add to the hot sugar syrup. Repeat to finish.

    4-soak

    After 3-4 good hours, the jamuns are ready to enjoy!

    gulab jamun with milk powder

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. harini

      October 21, 2016 at 2:21 pm

      hi very tempting gulab jamuns.

      Reply
    2. Subashini N

      October 24, 2016 at 11:07 am

      Perfect jamuns Raji.your presentation will tempt anyone to try it:)

      Reply
    3. Kavitha Kumar

      October 24, 2016 at 12:32 pm

      I tried it once in the same way. The colour, shape everything was perfect but the outer layer alone was chewy in taste. It may be bcoz of maida. How can we avoid it?

      Reply
    4. Raks anand

      October 24, 2016 at 12:36 pm

      Are you sure you tried with curd and cooking soda? Because both these ingredients make the jamun really soft. I have tried many recipes in many combinations, the one with milk comes out like what you say. But this recipe will turn out soft, trust me and try. If still your jamun turns hard, then you are overdoing the dough by kneading hard for longtime or rolling with pressure. so add water accordingly and knead/ roll with less effort. Its ok if it is sticky, it will be alright when you grease your hands every time. But the result is soft jamuns.
      Do try and send me the feedback 🙂

      Reply
    5. Devanshi Patel

      October 26, 2016 at 3:06 pm

      Is cooking soda same as backing soda ??

      Reply
    6. Kavitha Kumar

      October 26, 2016 at 3:07 pm

      No.I did not added curd and cooking soda. Thanks for a clear reply. Will definitely try for this diwali and let you know about it.

      Reply
    7. Raks anand

      October 26, 2016 at 3:20 pm

      yes same.

      Reply
    8. vinothini s

      October 27, 2016 at 1:27 pm

      Watering Jamuns. Please suggest me tips to make jamuns without cracks. When i make big jamuns it breaks and I could see more cracks

      Reply
    9. vinothini s

      October 27, 2016 at 1:27 pm

      Hi. How do you make big jamuns without breaking.please suggest me some tips to make jamun without crack.

      Reply
    10. Raks anand

      October 27, 2016 at 1:33 pm

      THe amount of water in making dough is the key. Make the dough sticky, its okay, you can grease your hands.If water is enough then there wont be cracks. Also keep dough and the rolled jamuns covered to prevent it from drying. If you want, you can mail me at [email protected]. I have the dough picture to show the texture clearly.

      Reply
    11. Devanshi Patel

      October 27, 2016 at 11:42 pm

      Thank you

      Reply
    12. Sara Khan

      November 16, 2016 at 3:23 pm

      My jamuns turned little sour in taste is it because of yoghurt ??

      Reply
    13. Nidhi

      March 11, 2017 at 1:48 pm

      Is sugar syrup in enough for 20 gulab jamun???

      Reply
    14. Raks anand

      March 11, 2017 at 1:59 pm

      When it gets soaked in syrup, you wont even taste the yogurt. use not sour, fresh homemade yogurt.

      Reply
    15. Raks anand

      March 11, 2017 at 1:59 pm

      Yes, this wont take up much syrup.

      Reply
    16. sangeetha

      May 19, 2017 at 11:01 am

      Hi raks,
      Tried your milk powder jamun recipe without any change . The jamuns outer cover seems to be little chewy even after long hours of soaking. Could you please let me know what went wrong???
      Thanks
      Sangeetha

      Reply
    17. Raks anand

      May 19, 2017 at 11:06 am

      The softness comes from curd and cooking soda reaction, may be the cooking soda must be little more.

      Reply
    18. Sabeena Barveen

      October 27, 2017 at 3:53 am

      I have tried as you mentioned. But the jamon turns very brown inside and not good to taste. All my effort went waste. I fried in low medium flame. Also the jamon is hard.

      Reply
    19. Raks anand

      October 27, 2017 at 3:58 am

      Please go through the notes I have given for jamuns getting browned quickly.

      Reply
    20. lekha reddy

      January 21, 2018 at 10:54 am

      Which milk powder have used ?

      Reply
    21. Raks Kitchen

      January 21, 2018 at 11:15 am

      Sorry forgot

      Reply

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