These sweets can be purchased at selected Indian takeaways but are also very easy to cook and prepare at home for a special occasion or just simply a treat for yourself to enjoy.

Here is a quick and easy recipe of gulab jaman’s for you to try at home.

Stir together the powdered milk, flour and baking soda in a bowl. Add ghee to the flour next, along with the milk powder mixture you just made. Stir well and slowly add milk to soften the dough. Let it sit for around 20 minutes. Put sugar, water and cardamom in a pot and bring to a boil in a heavy-bottomed sauce pan. Lower the heat to low and keep the syrup warm so it’s ready to have the donuts dunked in it.

After about 20 minutes, divide the dough and roll them into ball shapes and fry them in vegetable oil. Keep them in the oil until brown and then remove and drop into the warm gulab jamun syrup. Let them soak, then remove them and serve gulab jamuns with syrup.

Not only do these unique looking sweets melt in your mouth but they can also be very addictive! If you have a sweet tooth these little bites of heaven will be very much up your street.