Gulab Jamoon

Prepared this simple sweet for Diwali. This is the recipe of Mrs. Mano Saminathan. I changed it slightly.

Ingredients
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Milk Powder - 8 Tablespoons
Plain Flour    - 3 Tablespoons
Baking Powder - 1/4 Teaspoon
Baking Soda     - 1/4 Teaspoon
Butter - 1 Teaspoon
Salt - size of mustard
Oil - To Deepfry
Sugar - 1 cup
Cardamom - 2


Method
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1.Sift all dry ingredients except sugar.
2.Mix with butter and knead into a soft dough using little water. Knead gently without giving pressure.
3.Make them into marble sized balls.
4.Heat oil in a pan and fry these balls in low heat.
5.Take them out from oil and keep it in a tissue paper.
6.Mix sugar with 1/2 cup of water and stir continuously until dissolved.
7.Add crushed cardamom to the sugar mixture.
8.Switch off the stove when sugar syrup is sticky.
9.Add the fried jamoons and let them soak in syrup for atleast 2 -3 hours.