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How about some good looking yummy gulab jamuns.. It has always been one disaster or the other while preparing the gulab jamun.. I always thot how come these advertisement gulab jamuns are perfect shaped and look so tempting.. Then I thot how come vadai gets cooked fully and thot of applying the same logic here.. It really worked.. Roll the jamuns into a perfect sphere and poke a hole in the center with a tooth pick.. Now cover it with a wet towel... Ok here goes the recipe

Ingredients for the jamun1 cup of dry milk powder1/2 cup of pancake mix (1/2 cup of all purpose flour + 1/2 tsp of baking pwder)2 tbsp butter (melted)
Ingredients for the syrup
2 cups of sugar1 cup of water3 or 4 cardamoms1/4 tsp kesari powderfew strands of saffron.rosewater (if desired)
Oil for frying
Method for making syrupAdd 4 cups of sugar and 2 cup of water to a vessel and Add crushed cardamom and saffronAlso add rosewater if desired. Let it get a syrup consistency (not too thick). now keep it warm.
Method for making jamun
Add milk to make it into a dough. Roll into perfect circles (with no breaks).. Cover it with wet towel..
Now with a tooth pick put a hole in the jamun. this helps the inner part of the jamun to cook as well.
Now heat the oil and bring it to between medium and low heat..
Add not more than 8 balls at a time.. the balls will slowly come up.. Now keep rotating them constantly, this way it getsbrown evenly and also doesnt loose shape also..
Now once it is fried remove it from the oil and keep it aside for some time before putting it in the syrup. syrup need not beboiling hot, it just need to be warm. Make sure you have enough room for jamuns to expand. Keep it soaked over night and you can serve it
Dressing
You can have dry sliced almonds or sliced pista on top.
My suggestion
Eat the warm gulab jamun with vanilla ice cream.. It is the best combination I have had..

Now i thot y not share this also... Here goes an ez recipe for dhoodh bedas in minutes..

Ingredients1 can of condensed milk2 cups of milk powder1 stick of butter1/2 tsp of cardamom powder
Crushed almonds and cashew (if desired)
Melt butter in the microwave ( 1 min)
Now add the condensed milk, milk powder, cardamom powder, crushed nuts to the butter.. Mix it well. Microwave for 2 minutes.Take it out stir it. Microwave it again for 2 minutes. Take it out and stir it.. Microwave for 1 minute. Done..
Now leave it aside for 15 minutes. Then role it into beda shapes..you can be creative with shapes.. You can add fried almond or cashew to the center.. These are left to your creativity..