Gulab Jamun

Overview
Gulab Jamun is a traditional Indian Dessert made with milk powder and sugar syrup. The sugar syrup is flavored with rose essence or cardamom. Here I have flavored the syrup with Cardamom powder. Traditional these are made with thickened or reduced milk and does take a long time to make. This is an easy recipe to make Gulab Jamun with Bisquick pancake mix and milk powder.

Ingredients
Bisquick pancake mix - 1/4 cup
Non Fat milk powder - 1/4 cup
Milk to make the dough
Sugar 2 cups
Water - 2 cups
Cardamom - 6 - 8
Oil for deep frying the Jamuns

Steps
1.To make the sugar syrup add 2 cups sugar to 2 cups water and bring to boil. Add powdered cardamom seeds to this. Let the syrup boil for about 5 minutes and then turn it off.

2. Mix the Bisquick mix and Milk powder well and add the milk to it little at a time to make smooth dough.

3. Oil your hands and make small smooth marble size balls and keep aside.

4. Heat oil for deep drying the dough balls. When the oil is hot put few of the balls at a time and fry then till golden brown all around. Strain oil and keep aside

4. Add the fried dough balls to the syrup.

Makes about 25 Gulab Jamuns.

Serve hot or cold. Goes well cold with Vanilla ice cream