How to make gulab jamun recipe with milk powder with step by step photos. Making sugar syrup for gulab jamun: Take water and sugar in a thick bottomed pan. Mix slightly and start heating. Cook until a sticky syrup is formed. Switch off the flame and remove from heat before it reaches one string consistency. Add few drops of lemon juice, saffron and cardamom powder. Mix well and set aside. Making the gulab jamun dough and frying the jamuns: Take all the ingredients except milk mentioned for dough in a mixing bowl. Gently mix with your finger tips and bring the dough together. Do not knead. rest the dough for 10 minutes. Make 20-25 tiny balls or 15 normal sized balls. Roll the balls gently. Heat oil or ghee for deep frying. The ghee or oil should not be smoking hot. Just hot. Slide thwe prepared jamun balls gently and deep fry until golden brown. Deep fry in low flame so that the gulab jamun gets cooked well inside. Drain the jamuns and rest for 30 seconds in a plate. Dunk the fried jamuns in warm sugar syrup and rest for 2 hours before serving. Serve gulab jmauns along with some syrup chilled or at room temperature.