Prepare the dough: In a bowl, crumble mawa. Add maida, baking soda, and cardamom powder. Mix gently. Add milk little by little to make a soft, smooth dough. Rest it for 10 minutes.
Make stuffing: Mix chopped dry fruits with a pinch of cardamom powder.
Shape jamuns: Take a small portion of dough, flatten it, add a little stuffing in the center, and seal it properly. Roll into smooth balls without cracks.
Fry jamuns: Heat ghee/oil on low flame. Fry the balls slowly, stirring gently, until they turn deep golden brown. Remove and keep aside.
Prepare chashni: Boil sugar and water until slightly sticky. Add crushed cardamom, saffron, and rose water.
Soak jamuns: Add hot fried jamuns to warm syrup. Let them soak for at least 2β3 hours for best taste.
Result: Soft, juicy mawa gulab jamuns with a dry-fruit surprise inside π€
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Homemade Mawa Gulab Jamun (with Dry Fruit Stuffing)
I made soft gulab jamuns using mawa, sugar, cardamom, and stuffed them with dry fruits. They turned out rich, soft, and super juicy π
Ingredients:
For Jamuns:
Mawa (khoya) β 1 cup
All-purpose flour (maida) β 2 tbsp
Baking soda β a pinch
Cardamom powder β ΒΌ tsp
Milk β as needed (for kneading)
Ghee or oil β for deep frying
For Stuffing:
Chopped dry fruits (almonds, cashews, pistachios, raisins)
A pinch of cardamom powder
For Sugar Syrup (Chashni):
Sugar β 1Β½ cups
Water β 1Β½ cups
Cardamom pods β 3β4 (crushed)
Rose water β 1 tsp (optional)
Few saffron strands (optional)
Method:
Prepare the dough:
In a bowl, crumble mawa. Add maida, baking soda, and cardamom powder. Mix gently. Add milk little by little to make a soft, smooth dough. Rest it for 10 minutes.
Make stuffing:
Mix chopped dry fruits with a pinch of cardamom powder.
Shape jamuns:
Take a small portion of dough, flatten it, add a little stuffing in the center, and seal it properly. Roll into smooth balls without cracks.
Fry jamuns:
Heat ghee/oil on low flame. Fry the balls slowly, stirring gently, until they turn deep golden brown. Remove and keep aside.
Prepare chashni:
Boil sugar and water until slightly sticky. Add crushed cardamom, saffron, and rose water.
Soak jamuns:
Add hot fried jamuns to warm syrup. Let them soak for at least 2β3 hours for best taste.
Result:
Soft, juicy mawa gulab jamuns with a dry-fruit surprise inside π€