How to Make At Home Jalebi

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Jalebi. Jalebi, also known as Jilapi, zulbia, mushabak and zalabia, is an Indian and Arabic sweet snack popular across South Asia and the Middle East. It is made by deep-frying maida flour (plain flour or all-purpose flour) batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup. This dessert can be served warm or cold.

For example, in Bihar it is served with Poori and Aloo ki Subzee as breakfast.

In the evening, it is served as a snack with samosa and kachori.

Jalebis are small, bright yellow, web-shaped cakes similar to funnel cakes.

You can cook Jalebi using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Jalebi

  1. Prepare 3 cup of all purpose flour.

  2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Corn flour.

  3. You need 2 cup of thickened yogurt.

  4. You need 1 1/2 pinch of baking soda.

  5. It’s 1/2 cup of pure ghee.

  6. Prepare 2 cup of sunflower oil.

  7. Prepare 3 cup of sugar.

  8. Prepare 3 cup of water.

  9. You need 5 of saffron strands.

  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of powdered green cardamom.

  11. You need 1/2 tsp of eatable colour.

They are popular celebration and street cakes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and India.

Jalebi is a hot favorite on any special occasion be it a birthday, wedding or festival.

Jalebis, though mostly eaten by themselves, can also be soaked in warm milk.

It is often had alone or in combination with some food items.

Jalebi step by step

  1. Mix maida, corn flour and baking soda in a bowl. Now, add ghee and orange food colour. To make a thick batter, add curd and water. Mix well until it is thick. Keep it aside for 6 hours..

  2. Heat water in a pan & add sugar and mix until it dissolved. Now add cardamom powder and Stir well..

  3. Now heat oil in a pan & fill the jalebi batter in a muslin cloth and pierce a small hole in the cloth. Squeeze the muslin cloth to make concentric circles. Move from inside to outside to make perfect circles. Fry till jalebis are crisp and golden..

  4. Put the jalebis in sugar syrup for 2-3 minutes. Now take them out from the syrup and place on and serve them hot..

Some people like to have jalebi with milk or with Rabri. in Gujarat fafda and jalebi is a popular combination.

Whereas in Indore city, it is served with Indori poha.

Jalebi with hot or warm milk is also had for breakfast.

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