Ever wondered if you can prepare gulab jamuns without deep-frying them in oil? Ever wondered if you can make them without using any flour?? Well, I know you are eager to know how it’s possible 🙂 Here, I am sharing an easy and healthy gulab jamun recipe that tastes as awesome as the regular ones. No deep fry, no oil and no flour and is easier to make than the regular ones. 
Makes: 8-10 jamuns |
Preparation time: 20 minsCooking time: 10 mins |
For jamun:
Sweet potato – 2, medium
Semolina/suji/upma ravva – ¼ cup
Sugar – 4 tsp
Clarified butter/ghee – 1 tsp
For syrup: Sugar – ¼ cup
Water – ¼ cup
Saffron strands – 3 (optional)
Milk – 1 tbsp (optional)
For garnish:
Pistachios – finely chopped 
Procedure:
- Pressure cook the sweet potato for about 3-4 whistles. Let it cool, peel and mash it. Set aside.
- Take the semolina in a mixing bowl and add the mashed sweet potato to this.
- Add the 4 tsp of sugar, ghee and then make soft and firm dough. Make small round balls and flatten the balls slightly. This recipe makes 8-10 balls.
- Grease idly plates/moulds with clarified butter/ghee/oil and place the prepared ball in each mould. Steam/pressure cook for 5 minutes(if using pressure cooker, do not use whistle).
- Simultaneously, in a separate saucepan, add ingredients under syrup and let it come to a boil. Then reduce the flame and simmer for about 5-10 minutes or until a thick syrup forms.
- Remove the jamuns from the steamer and place them in serving bowls. Top with the hot sugar syrup and garnish with pista or any nuts of your choice.
Note: 1. You may dry roast the semolina to get darker jamuns.
2. You may use honey instead of sugar for the jamuns.
3. Instead of sugar syrup, you may use creamy milk syrup and prepare rasmalai.
brilliant idea! they look very good.
Thanks a ton Apsara 🙂
Such an innovative dish. I will watch out for purple Sweet potatoes and make them.
Thanks Charanya. Also, you can try this with milk syrup and make rasmalai, I think that will turn out great too. 🙂
It would be cool to figure out a day-I will do a vegan version and you could do a non-vegan version of rasamalai. I will use sweet potato for it though. Is that what’s in rasamalai?
yeah we will do sweet potato rasmalai with vegan n non-vegan syrup… let’s do it this weekend 🙂 sounds fun!!
Deal-we’ll do it this Sunday and post on Monday. Do you live in US/India?
India.. so will be posting Monday second-half India time.
Deal, we will do-IST 3pm?
Done.
rasmalai is jamun-like balls dunked in creamy milk.. jamuns are typically made with broken milk/paneer and syrup is made from condensed milk, am not sure too should check the recipe
I made them today. AMAZZZING <3 Nailed a vegan version. Thank you so much. <3<3My friends came over and it was gone before I took my camera out. I am doing them again tomorrow. Shall I post the recipe tomorrow? You go ahead and do yours today. Am sorry about that
Thst’s not a problem Charanya. I am really happy that you all enjoyed them 🙂 🙂 Thanks a lot <3 I made the rasmalai yesterday and am actually updating it now. I am very eager for the vegan version of it. Will wait for tomorrow 🙂
This is a fabulous idea!!! Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much 🙂 🙂
This looks to be an absolute boon to sweet lovers, minus the calories. I was so excited that I was going to suggest that Rasmalai could be done, when I chanced upon the very idea suggested by you below the recipe. Cant wait to try it out this week-end. Thanks
Thank you so much for reaching out to me and the recipe. I am planning to try rasmalai next week, so do let me know how it turns out 🙂
Interesting recipe.. Bookmarking it to try in my next party.
Thank you Shobha 🙂 Let me know how it comes 🙂