Recipe: Perfect 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 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Jalebi

1. You need 1 medium sized bowl of White flour (maida).

2. You need 1 small bowl of Semolina (suji).

3. Prepare 1 small bowl of Curd.

4. Prepare 2 of Green cardamoms, crushed.

5. It’s 1 tsp of Kewra essences.

6. It’s As required of Cooking oil / pure ghee for deep frying.

7. It’s 500 grams of sugar.

8. You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.

9. Prepare 1 tsp of lemon juice.

10. Prepare Pinch of Edible orange food 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 instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl put semolina, white flour, curd, pinch of colour and add water as needed little by little and mix it properly without any lumps..

2. Make thick consistency batter then cover it and rest it for 30 mins..

3. In a thick bottomed pan put sugar, cardamom, and 1 and half cup of water or as required. Now turn on the flame and make a thick sugar syrup, (one tar chashni) lastly add lemon juice, mix it well and now reduce the flame..

4. After 30 min take prepared batter add baking soda mix it well..

5. Heat the wok with cooking oil..

6. Now take a piping bag then fill up the prepared batter and cut the lower corner now make a jalebi shape in the hot oil and deep fry till it becomes crispy and golden in colour on lower to medium flame..

7. Now remove it on a plate and make this process make all the jalebi..

8. Now turn off the flame and drop all jalebi in sugar syrup and some kewra essence to it and mix it well..

9. After 40 mins take out from the sugar syrup and serve it and enjoy it..

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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