Gulab Jamun Cake [Eggless]
My favourite Indian dessert is homemade Gulab Jamun. My mother makes them for me every year on my birthday. I love the taste of deep-fried doughy balls soaked in cardamom and rose flavour infused sugar syrup. [Get your minds out of the gutter.] For the longest time I have only ever liked the Gulab Jamuns my mother makes, then one day, my mother in law came home from work and sat on the chair for 2 minutes before she looked at me and said let’s eat Gulab Jamun. Before I knew it, she was in the kitchen, getting the dough and syrup ready. Soon enough the Gulab Jamuns were ready and in the fridge. I didn’t express it but I was just waiting for dinner to be over to eat them Jamuns. When we finally sat to eat it, it was SO good. I texted my mother and said her uncontested Gulab Jamuns now had some serious competition. My mother laughed. As much as I love Gulab Jamuns I have never made them. I am petrified of deep-frying things. I have this deep-rooted fear of oil splashing back in my...