JALEBI

JALEBI

INGREDIENTS

Maida – 2 cups,

Baking powder – ¼ tsp,

Curd – 3 tsp,

Luke warm water – for mixing the batter,

Saffron food color – a pinch,

Ghee – for frying,


FOR MAKING SYRUP


Sugar – 3 cups,

Water – 2 and ½ cup,

Green cardamom seeds powdered – ¼ tsp,

Rose water/kewra – ½ tsp,

METHOD:

TO MAKE JALEBI BATTER,

Mix maida baking powder, curd, saffron color, along with luke warm water to form a dropping consistency batter,

Whisk the batter thoroughly and set aside for 3 hrs to ferment,

Whisk thoroughly before using the batter,

TO MAKE SUGAR SYRUP,

In a thick bottomed pan add sugar and water and cook to form a string consistency syrup,

Then add cardamom powder and rose water and mix well and turn off the flame for a while,

TO MAKE JALEBI

Pour the batter in a steady stream container(with a very lean nozzle) and heat ghee in a kadai,

Make jalebis of the batter in the steaming ghee and crisp fry the jalebis, see that they do not turn brown,

Now drop these crisp fried jalebis into the sugar syrup and leave it for 5-6 mins and remove it from the syrup,

Serve hot garnished with length wise cut blanched almonds and silver work…