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.

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You can have Jalebi using 15 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Jalebi

1. Prepare of For Jalebi Batter:.

2. It’s 1/2 cup of all purpose flour.

3. You need 1 tsp of corn flour.

4. You need 1/4 tsp of Baking Soda.

5. Prepare 1 tsp of yogurt.

6. It’s 1/2 tsp of vinegar.

7. Prepare 1/2 cup of water (or as required).

8. Prepare of For sugar syrup (chashni):.

9. Prepare 1 cup of sugar.

10. It’s 1/4 cup of water.

11. Prepare 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder.

12. Prepare 3-4 of saffron stands (optional).

13. You need of Other Ingredients :.

14. It’s 1 tbsp of ghee.

15. You need of Oil for deep frying.

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

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.

Jalebi step by step

1. Take a medium size bowl and mix all purpose flour, corn flour and yogurt..

2. Now add vinegar and water.Mix well in circular motion for at least 5 minutes..

3. Now add baking soda and give it a gentle mix.Make sure batter is lump free..

4. Heat oil in a pan and add 1tbsp of ghee..

5. Pour this mixture to a piping bag/ muslin cloth / tomato ketchup bottle..

6. Squeeze the piping bag and make round spirals with the batter into the pan..

7. Fry till jalebis are light golden..

8. Drop these fried jalebis in the warm sugar syrup for 30 secs..

9. Serve them hot..

10. Preparation of Sugar syrup: Take one cup sugar and 1/4 cup water in a pan..

11. Stir it on low flame until sugar dissolves..

12. Boil the syrup and add saffron..

13. Cook until you get one strand consistency in the sugar syrup..

14. Once the desired consistency is attained switch off the flame and add 1/2 tsp lemon juice and cardamom powder..

15. Note: Lemon avoids the crystallisation and keeps jalsbi crispy..

Every person has different opinions about the serving of the Jalebi.

Some places in India serve Jalebi with Poha, Fafda (Gujrati snack) in breakfast, some serve Jalebi with Rabri and that combination is my favorite.

Learn how to make Jalebi that are crispy, juicy & delicious.

Jalebi is one of the most popular desserts from Indian subcontinent.

Similar to Gulab jamun, jalebi too makes its appearance during weddings, celebrations & festivals.