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Bread Jamun

Bread Jamun is an easy to make dessert. Bread Jamun can be prepared at any time with the ingredients readily available at home.
Ingredients
  • White Bread - 20 slices
  • Milk - 1/2 cup
  • Sugar - 1.5 cup
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Cardamom - 2-3 nos: (powdered)
  • Oil - as required to deep fry
  • Rose Water - 3-4 drops (optional)
Preparartion Method
  1. Remove the sides of the bread and powder with hand.
  2. Add milk (one spoon at a time) to the bread crums and knead well to make a thick dough.
  3. Make small lemon size balls from the dough; roll each ball with you plams so that no cracks are there in the ball.
  4. In a sauce pan boil water and sugar; boil till sugar syrup starts to thicken.
  5. Add cardamom powder and rose water and keep in low flame.
  6. In a wok, bring oil to heat and fry the jamun ball in medium flame, fliping carefully.
  7. Remove the jamun balls from the oil when all the sides turn into golden brown and put into sugar syrup.
  8. Remove the sugar syrup from the flame and keep aside.
  9. Leave the jamun balls in sugar syrup for 2-3 hours.
  10. Seve and enjoy the Bread Jamun.

Note:
  • Make sure that you add one spoon of milk at a time and mix well before adding more milk.
  • If the dough is loose add more breadcrumbs or you can add 1 or 2 tsp maida to the dough.

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