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Baked gulab jamun - keep the sweet, skip the deep-fry

Baked gulab jamun - keep the sweet, skip the deep-fry

Gulab jamun is the sweet everyone waits for at a festival, and a bowl of four can hide about 700 kcal. Bake the balls and use a lighter sugar syrup, and you keep the treat while cutting a big chunk of those calories.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Gulab jamun is the soft, warm sweet everyone waits for at a festival. The little ball swims in sugar syrup, and that syrup is where most of the calories hide. A normal festival bowl of four pieces can hold about 700 kcal. The good news is you can bake the balls and use a lighter syrup, and still keep the treat you love. Every number below comes from a real recipe or a real food database.

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