Gulab Jamoon

Ingredients:

• 1 cup jamoon powder(ready made)
• Milk(to mix powder)
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cup water
• 4 coarsely grounded cardamom seeds
• 2 tablespoon sliced almonds and pistachio
• Butter
• Oil for deep-frying

Method:

Syrup:

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

Gulab Jamun:

1. In a bowl, mix jamoon powder with milk and make a dough.
2. Let the dough sit for a few minutes.
3. Knead the dough. Grease your hands with butter before working with the dough.
4. Divide the dough into about 20 equal portions and roll them into round balls.
5. Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. The frying pan should have at least 1 ½ inch of oil. 
6. Place the gulab Jamuns in the frying pan.
7. It should take about 5 minutes to fry the gulab jamuns. While frying keep rolling the gulab jamuns around so they are evenly browned. Fry until the gulab jamuns become dark brown.
8. Let the gulab jamuns cool off for a few minutes before placing in the hot syrup.
9. The gulab jamuns should sit in the hot syrup for at least 20 minutes and finally garnish with  sliced almonds and pistachio  prior to serving