Any kind of towel will not do. You can use any clean cotton handkerchief or a clean cotton napkin.

Dassana mam agar kitchen towel nahin ho toh koi bhi towel chalegaa?

Any cotton napkin or cotton kitchen towel will do. You can cover until you are ready to fry them. It can be around 5 to 10 minutes and not more.

Yes, the jamuns need to be covered with a clean cotton napkin, so that they do not dry out.

Dassana mam, milk powder gulaab jaamun mein humko balls banaane ke baad aur fry karne ke pehle hamein jamuns ko kitchen towel se cover karnaa hai?

The fried gulab jamuns are placed on a kitchen paper towel so that any excess oil is absorbed by the paper towel. That is the only reason, but you could use clean paper tissues also.

If you do not have any of these kitchen paper tissues, then simply skip this step. Just fry them well enough so that the jamuns do not absorb a lot of oil.

and i recommend really sticking to the instructions and you will get a far better result than you would have expect it !!

also next day the gulab is far more rich as it had time to soak in all the goodness of the flavours that the syrup has to offer !! Bon appetit 😉

Thanks for the detailed comment and most welcome. I hope you had success making this recipe.

this is going to be one of my desserts of the last night of the year, so will try my best to get best consistency dough balls to handle the heat of the oil ! i have guests so they must look and taste good !

seems a precision recipe due to oil temperature, sugar thickness, balls consistency, but hey, this is going to be a great success just like any other that i’ve tried from your website before – thanks to you dedicated focus in detail description dassana !!

thank you once again !

You will need some binding ingredient instead of maida (all-purpose flour). Try using any flour or ingredient which you are not allergic to. A few examples are almond flour, rice flour, besan (gram flour) or chickpea flour, arrowroot flour, breadcrumbs, or any cereal or millet flour.

But keep in mind that the gulab jamun will get the flavor of the flour if it does not have a neutral taste or flavor. Adding more of sooji can result in a hard or denser texture.