Jalebi Sweet Recipe

Jalebi Sweet Recipe

Ingredients

Jalebi batter

1 cup all purpose flour (maida)

1/3 cup of corn starch

1 tbsp basen powder

sufficient curd

1 tbsp sugar

Pinch of food color

Oil for deep fry

Syrup:

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

1/4 tbsp Cardamom powder

1 tbsp lemon juice

Preparation:

Jalebi batter

1. Mix yogurt, all purpose flour, corn starch, basen powder, sugar to a paste. Keep it overnight to ferment.

2. After fermentation add pinch of food color, pinch of baking soda and mix well.

Syrup

3. Take a bowl 1 cup water add 2 cups sugar, lemon juice mix well. Heat to a boil on medium heat. Keep cooking, you should get a single thread consistency sugar syrup. Add Cardamom powder to syrup.

4. Heat oil on wide pan for deep frying.

5. Take a ketchup bottle or polythene ziplock bag, cut the corner. Put jalebi batter in the bottle/bag. Gradually swirl the batter outward in a circular motion about 2" to 3" round.

6. Deep fry them both sides until they are golden and crisp all over but not brown.

7. Take out from fryer and keep on kitchen paper/towel to remove excess oil.

8. Place Jalebi in the warm syrup 2 or 3 min on both sides.

9. Server on hot.