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Easy Gulab Jamun Recipe-Bread Gulab Jamun-Diwali Sweets Recipes

October 26, 2013 by PadhuSankar 24 Comments

Bread Gulab Jamun is very easy to prepare and is a quick alternative to the regular gulab jamuns. You can use leftover bread also for this. I have already posted Gulab Jamun prepared with ready mix. Soon I will be posting gulab jamun from scratch using khoya.  Today we will learn how to make this instant Gulab jamun using bread following our easy recipe with step wise pictures.

How make Bread Gulab Jamun


Bread Gulab Jamun

 Prep Time : 5 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Yields:6 big or 12 small Gulab jamoons
 Recipe Category: Dessert
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Bread – 4 slices
   Milk – 1/3 cup

  For the sugar syrup

   Sugar -1/2 cup
   Water -1 cup
   Cardamom – 2 crushed
   Rose essence – 1/4 tsp

Preparation

Boil sugar and water on low flame. Let the sugar dissolve first. Then keep the flame on medium heat, add cardamom powder and boil the sugar syrup until it becomes slightly sticky. If you touch the sugar syrup between you thumb and index finger, it should be sticky. We call this sticky consistency stage or pisiku padam in Tamil. Always keep the sugar syrup ready before frying the gulab jamuns. Add rose essence to the sugar syrup if preferred once it cools a little.

Method

Cut the brown crust of the bread and discard it. Dip both sides of the bread in milk, then squeeze out the excess milk. Repeat for all the bread slices.

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Put the squeezed out bread in a blender and blend it just for a second. Alternatively you can also knead it to a soft dough.

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Divide the dough into equal parts and make smooth balls from the bread dough without applying much pressure. The gulab jamuns will turn hard, if you apply too much pressure.

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Heat oil in a kadai and fry the gulab jamuns on low flame until they turn brown. Keep stirring for even browning. If you keep the flame on high, the gulab jamuns will turn brown faster but the inside will remain uncooked. So fry the gulab jamuns on very low flame.

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Drop the fried gulab jamuns into the warm sugar syrup (ensure that the sugar syrup is warm and not hot or cold)

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Let the gulab jamuns remain soaked in the sugar syrup for 1-2 hours. Delicious bread gulab jamuns are ready. It can be served warm or chilled. It can also be served topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Check out my Gulab Jamun Recipe using Ready made Instant Gulab Jamun Mix. You will also find lot of tips on how to make soft gulab jamuns in that post


gulab jamuns

Find a variety of Diwali Recipes (both sweets and snacks) all compiled in one place or click the thirati pal picture below to take you to that page.

Diwali Sweet Recipes

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Filed Under: Festival Recipes, Quick recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: bread recipes, Indian sweets, Uncategorized




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Comments

  1. Sweta Biswal

    October 26, 2013 at 9:50 am

    Yummy!!

    Reply
  2. CREATIVE MIND

    October 26, 2013 at 11:03 am

    very nice, unique & easy, I always try making Gulab jaman with dry milk powder but this one seems interesting, will definitely be trying today or tomorrow 🙂 thanks for sharing!
    p.s.. I am not a fan of sweets but rarely I love meethaaa 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Reply
  3. Shobana Vijay

    October 26, 2013 at 11:19 am

    Wow..Padhu really good.Such a easy and simple way of doing jamun.Kids will love it.

    Reply
  4. rw07

    October 27, 2013 at 9:53 am

    Wonderful recipe. I prepared rasagulla today which I learnt from your blog. It came out very well. Thanks

    Reply
  5. UmaSathiyakailash

    October 28, 2013 at 2:56 am

    Wonderful recipie..tried this weekend…came out well..thank you 🙂

    Reply
  6. UmaSathiyakailash

    October 28, 2013 at 2:57 am

    Tried this weekend…came out well…Easy and tasty…thank u 🙂

    Reply
  7. sobia shahzad

    October 28, 2013 at 11:31 am

    I love your dishes padma ….yummy and awesome.thank u so very much 🙂

    Reply
  8. Gomathi giri

    February 4, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    wow

    Reply
  9. Sushmitha Sivan

    February 6, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    Really nice recipe. I was wondering what to prepare for my guest this weekend. You made it easy

    Reply
  10. arpitha gowda

    February 8, 2014 at 9:48 am

    I tried it… its really awesome. .. better than ready mix….. hmmmmmm loving it….

    Reply
  11. Padmappriya K

    October 19, 2014 at 2:24 am

    Very creative. ..nice

    Reply
  12. Unknown

    January 3, 2016 at 2:53 am

    Hello mam.
    இனிய காலை வணக்கம். எனக்கு சமயல் சரியா வராது. என் அம்மாதான் சமயல் செய்வாங்க. உங்களுடைய Blog பார்த்ததும் எனக்கும் சமயல் செய்ய முடியும் என்கிற நம்பிக்கை வந்துள்ளது. நேற்று நான் Bread gulob jamoon செய்தேன். என் பிள்ளைகள் மிகவும் விரும்பி சாப்பிட்டார்கள். மிக மி நன்றி Madam

    Reply
  13. Kellie

    January 11, 2016 at 11:11 pm

    Very simple recipe. I have never heard of this before but it looks and sounds yummy. The sugar syrup sounds like it is the same as caramel. I don't really care for cardamom or rose essence but I bet you could add vanilla to the sugar syrup instead.

    Reply
  14. Cathy W

    April 15, 2016 at 10:40 am

    Can we try this recipe with brown bread too!

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 15, 2016 at 3:28 pm

      White bread works best for this recipe.

      Reply
  15. Rufeena

    April 28, 2016 at 9:37 am

    Great recipe… Can be made even for unexpected guests… Thanks a lot… Though I am not a fan of sweets, my husband has a sweet tooth and this one can be made easily…

    Reply
  16. Ankita Mehra

    May 27, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    Hi great recipe.
    I have tried it 3 times but my jamuns turn hard and taste like bread.
    What am I doing wrong!!??
    Could you please guide

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 1, 2016 at 7:36 am

      You must fry it well on low heat until it turns brown as seen in the picture.

      Reply
  17. A jail

    June 27, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    What is the amount of milk and other ingredients if I take 3 pav buns? Plz tell me

    Reply
  18. Abi S

    August 14, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    Thanks for your recipe..i tried it but while frying ball broke down and it was a total failure.please advise what did i do wrong while kneading? TIA

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 18, 2016 at 10:15 am

      There would have been too much moisture.

      Reply
  19. Sindhu Ramakrishnan

    July 26, 2018 at 9:15 am

    Superb sweet, i tried it ma'am and it came out good, my husband liked it a lot

    Reply
  20. Vanitha Sriram

    October 16, 2019 at 10:27 am

    Hi, I tried making this but my gulaab jamun broke while frying. Any reason why. Please let me know want to make it for Diwali too n don’t want any mistake. Thanks

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      October 18, 2019 at 2:47 am

      You should squeeze out the liquid from the bread well.

      Reply

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