Jalebi
Jalebi is an Indian and Arabic sweet snack popular across South Asia and the Middle East. It is made by deep-frying maida flour batter in circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup. This dessert can be served warm or cold. They have a somewhat chewy texture with a crystallized sugary exterior coating. Lemon juice is sometimes added to the syrup, as well as rose water. Jalebi is eaten with curd or rabri and kewra.
Jalebi
Ingredients
For jalebi batter
- 1 Cup Flour
- 4 Tbsp Corn flour
- 1/4 Tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 Tsp Orange food color
- 4 Tbsp Yogurt
- 150 ml Water
For syrup
- 2 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Tsp Lemon juice
- 3-4 Cardamom
- Oil For frying
Instructions
- In a bowl add flour, corn flour, baking soda, orange food color, yogurt and water. Mix them all well to make a batter. Let it rest for 15 minutes.
- In a pan add sugar, water, lemon juice and cardamom. Let the sugar dissolves fully and bring it to boil.
- In a pan add oil for frying. Let it heat fully.
- In a piping bag pour the batter. Pipe it in circle to the heated oil.
- Flip it and fry till crispy.
- Put all the fried jalebi to the warm sugar syrup.
- Dip it well and take all the jalebis out. Tasty jalebi ready garnish with some pistachios.
Notes
- make sure the oil is boiled fully.