Kaalo jaam - Kaala Jaamun

Lately I was in a Bengali store and got Kaalo Jaam(also called Kaala Jamun), it tasted awesome. It looks so enticing and it is really hard to refrain your self from devouring them. Even the calorie conscious me could not help but gulp down few at one go. Regrets? Not really. Holiday season after all! :)
And since then I wanted to try it at home and it was really an easy and awesome venture. Gulped down few more. Regrets? Not at all! :)

Here is the recipe for all those sweet lover friends. 

Ingredients:

For Jaamun:

• Milk powder                         - 1 cup
• Maida(all purpose flour) - 1/3 cup
• Baking soda                          - 1/3 tsp
• Sugar                                      - 1 Tbsp
• Suji(semolina)                     - 2 Tbsp
• Whole milk                           - 2 Tbsp
• Ghee/oil                                - for deep frying

For syrup:

• Sugar                        - 1 cup
• Water                        - 1 cup
• Saffron                      - few strands
• Green cardamom    - 3

Method:
1. First prepare the syrup. In a pan add water, sugar, saffron strands and green cardamom. Place in medium low heat and allow the mix to come to boil. Put the heat off.
2. Soak semolina in milk for 15 minutes.
3. Mix milk powder, maida, baking soda, sugar and soaked semolina. Keep aside for 15 minutes. 
4. Make a soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for 15 minutes.
(Add little more milk if needed to make the dough)
5. After 15 minutes take the dough and knead for few minutes.
6. Make small balls from the dough.

7. Heat oil or ghee in a deep pan. 
8. Deep fry the balls till dark brown or blackish in color.

9. Remove from oil and put in hot syrup

10. Let the jaamuns absorb syrup and get the sweetness in abundance. Keep them in syrup for few hours.
11. Serve chilled or at normal temperature.