1. Heat oil to 300 F.

Sugar Syrup

1. Add water, sugar, cinnamon stick, cardamom seeds and saffron into a small saucepan. Heat on low heat until all the sugar has melted. Boil for 5 minutes. Add rose water and lime juice. Keep on low heat, slightly simmering.

Dough

1. In a small bowl, add milk powder, self-rising flour, Bisquick, cardamom powder and salt and mix well. Add warm milk and stir until well incorporated. It will be a wet sticky batter. Add in ghee and stir in. The batter should be sticky but should be easy to shape a ball.
2. Grease your hands with ghee and take a teaspoon-amount of dough and roll it into a ball, making sure there are no cracks! Set the dough balls onto a baking sheet and continue until all the dough is gone.
3. Drop dough into hot oil, it will look like the oil isn’t hot enough, but it is! Just give it some time. The dough will slowly rise up. Fry until golden brown (~6-8 minutes). Place the ball into a container. Use a fork to remove the cinnamon and cardamom pods from the sugar syrup. Pour all the hot syrup over the fried gulab jamun. Set aside to soak for 1-2 hours, preferably overnight. Top with chopped pistachios and almonds!