Nothing beats a gulab jamun. Most of the recipes available require you to deep fry the gulab jamun. All these years,we have been deep frying the gulab jamun.No matter what the stuffing is ,it was also deep fried. This recipe is for the air fried versions.Additionaly the ingredients are just sweet potato and milk powder. Not only it comes out well, there are less chances of any failure except the shape not being evenly round.
It is actually a falahari gulab jamun.Super tasty, rich and yummy. You can also stuff it with nuts if you like. However, this version is a nut-free one.
Yes so you can actually eat it during fasting. It is totally gluten-free. It does have milk powder and paneer in it, to give it that color.
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Equipment
- Saucepan
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- sweet potato boiled and grated
- milk powder
- hot ghee
- sugar
- water
- lemon juice
- saffron strands
Step by step pictures of the air fryer gulab jamun
Boil/steam sweet potato, remove the skin and grate it. Add milk powder to it with 1 tablespoon hot ghee.
Knead the dough, add more milk powder if required,keep it aside for 15 minutes.
Grease your hands with ghee,shape the mix into balls of any shape.
Transfer the tray into the freezer,allow to freeze for 2-3 hours.
Pre heat the air fryer at 150C for 10 minutes,place trimmed muffin cases ,greased with ghee/butter in the air fryerPlace the frozen gulab jamun balls in the air fryer.
Cook in the air fryer for 15 minutes, brushing with ghee twice in between.
Once they turn light brown,remove them slowly from muffin case, move them to the warm sugar syrup.Let them stay in the syrup for few hours.
Serve chilled or at room tempreture.
Read the recipe below
Air fryer Gulab Jamun
Equipment
- Grater
- saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 cup sweet potato boiled and grated
- 2 cup milk powder
- 1 tablespoon hot ghee
For sugar syrup
- 1.5 cup sugar
- 2 cup water
- 2-3 drops of lemon juice
- 5-6 saffron strands
Instructions
for sugar syrup
- Bring all ingredients to a boil and cook until you get a light sticky syrup.
- Keep it hot turning the heat for few minutes.It will thicken once it cools down.
for air fryer gulab jamun
- Boil/steam sweet potato,remove the skin and grate it.
- Add milk powder to it with 1 tablespoon hot ghee.
- Knead the dough, add more milk powder if required,keep it aside for 15 minutes.
- Grease your hands with ghee,shape the mix into balls of any shape.
- Transfer the tray into the freezer,allow to freeze for 2-3 hours.
- Pre heat the air fryer at 150C for 10 minutes,place trimmed muffin cases ,greased with ghee/butter in the air fryer
- Place the frozen gulab jamun balls in the air fryer.
- Cook in the air fryer for 15 minutes, brushing with ghee twice in between.
- Once they turn light brown,remove them slowly from muffin case, move them to the warm sugar syrup.
- Let them stay in the syrup for few hours.
- Serve chilled or at room tempreture.
Notes
Storage
Store it in refrigerator if looking to use for next few days.Heat them up a little ,add few tablespoons of water if required.
FAQs
Difference between Gulab Jamun and Kala Jamun is not just in color.Other than the color, there is a difference in taste which is due to the addition of Paneer .I prefer fresh home made paneer that can be easily crumbled and added to the mix. While frying them ,they will get a dark brown color .The skin of the kala jaam is also thicker than Gulab jam.
Variations
You can make gulab jamun with khoya. You can also make gulab jamun with maida but that is not gluten free.Some people also make gulab jamun with mix.Many mixes are available like GITS, MTR etc. However, I like to make it from scratch. You can also make gulab jamun sabji Jodhpur style using the balls as kofta. These days cake and cheese cake with this flavor is also very popular. Some people also make bread jamun these days.
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