Vegan Gulab Jamuns !! (Indian Doughnut Holes Soaked In Flavoured Syrup)

Try this Indian dessert and you'll be hooked! What's more, its vegan!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/vegan-gulab-jamuns-indian-doughnut-holes-soaked-in-flavoured-syrup • Posted by buttercup303

Gulab Jamun is an extremely indulgent dessert made from milk powder of mawa(highly condensed milk) and fried in ghee (refined butter. But thanks to Richa ( http://www.veganricha.com/2011/10/gulab-jamuns-veganized-indian-sweet.html ) we now have a veganized version which is low in calories too!

You will need

1 ½ cup Water Oil for deep frying of Baking Powder 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil 1 cup ground Almonds 1 cup ground Oats 2 tbsp Ground Cardamom Pistachios for garnishing 1 tbsp Rose Water 3 cup refined Sugar 1 cup Wheat Flour / plain flour

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Gulab Jamun is an extremely indulgent dessert made from milk powder of mawa(highly condensed milk) and fried in ghee (refined butter. But thanks to Richa ( http://www.veganricha.com/2011/10/gulab-jamuns-veganized-indian-sweet.html ) we now have a veganized version which is low in calories too!

Instructions

1. 

   In a wide bowl, take the flour, ground almonds, ground oats, baking powder and cardamom powder. mix all the dry ingredients well ( I snapped the picture before mixing)

2. 

   Add a tbsp of oil and mix in lightly

3. 

   Now make a soft dough with water. Add 1 tbsp of water at a time. You may need 10-12 tbsp of water to get really soft dough. Do not knead much. Let it rest, covered, for 5 min.

4. 

   In a pot take 1.5 cups of water and 3/4 cup of refined sugar.

5. 

   Bring it to a boil and then keep it on medium heat for 15 min or till the syrup thickens. Add 1 tbsp of cardamom powder and 1 tbsn of rose water.

6. 

   Roll the dough into smooth balls

7. 

   Deep fry in batches for 7 min till they turn dark gold or light brown in colour.

8. 

   when they are still hot, toss them into the syrup. keep the syrup on low heat for 5 min after adding the balls.

9. 

   All the balls are in. This is how they look after 5 min into the syrup. They will be hard now but give them time and they'll soften up.

10. 

    30 min into the syrup. All soft and drenched in syrup.. mmmm :)

11. 

    Now take out that pretty little plate you've been waiting for so long to show off arrange the jamuns, click pictures and upload a version :D :P No seriously, refrigerate for 2 hrs and serve chilled or serve hot (these are delicious both ways) Garnish with chopped pistachios.

12. 

    Store them in the syrup and serve with a little syrup.