easy bread gulab jamun recipe

Hi everyone,

Bread jamun is an easy version of gulab jamun, which is usually made with either khoya or milk powder as main ingredient. I wanted to try this for long time but was not sure how it would turn out. I was sure since bread soaked in sugar syrup tastes great in Shahi tukra, this should also taste good.

Ingredients
Bread slice – 8
Khoya – 1/4 cup
water – as needed

For suger syrup
Sugar – 1 & 1/4 cup
Water – 1 cup
Saffron (optional) – Few strands
Cardamom powder – 1 pinch

Method

I used frozen khoya. Defrost and crumble it to powder and measure 1/4 cup (heaped). Trim the brown sides of the bread.

Tear 3 or 4 bread slices roughly and place it in a blender. Grind to powder it. Repeat to finish the same.

Mix khoya and the bread crumbs. Make it as a smooth dough by gently kneading it, sprinkling water. You can use milk too.

Roll into equal sized balls. You can make you favourite shape too. Heat oil/ ghee/ vanaspati in a kadai and fry 6-8 at a time in medium flame.

The oil should be hot and then put the flame to low or medium while cooking the jamun to ensure even browning. Fry until deep golden in colour and drain in paper towel.

Meanwhile you can prepare sugar syrup by boiling sugar, water, cardamom, saffron for 6-7 minutes (Sticky syrup).

Drop the fried bread balls in hot sugar syrup and let it get soaked for 1 or two hours.

Bread jamun is ready for serve