Jalebi


Jalebi is a very popular Indian sweet dish, and is mostly used the 'Celebration Indian Sweet'. It is used across all major occassions like Holi, Republic Day, Independence Day and in many parts of India is eaten as breakfast every morning. Gwalior is famour for eating Jalebi and Poha as breakfast. Many people also enjoy eating jalebi dipped in milk.


Ingredients
1/2 cup whole purpose flour (maida)
1/2 teaspoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon gram flour
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon refined oil
1/2 cup luke warm water


For sugar syrup, we will need
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 table spoon lime juice
2- pinch of cardomom powder
1/4 teaspoon kesar


Method

First dissolve 1/2 teaspoon yeast in 1 tablespoon of luke warm water. Ensure that no lumps remain. Then add 1/2 cup of whole purpose flour (maida) to it. Add 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon refined oil and 1/2 teaspoon gram flour and mix well. Ensure that there are no lumps formed in the batter.

Finally add a little less than 1/2 cup of water and make a smooth batter. The consistency of the batter should be similar to the batter we make for cakes.

Cover with a lid and leave in a warm place. The batter will ferment. Let it ferment for an hour. Dont over ferment the batter.

Make a cone (like the one used for putting henna) and keep the diameter of the mouth as about 3-4 mm.

After an hour, fill the fermented batter in the cone. Heat oil in a pan and when the oil is hot, make jalebis directly in the oil moving the cone in circular motions. Fry the jalebis till golden brown and set aside the fried jalebis on a tissue paper.

Meantime on another flame, take 1 cup of sugar in a pan and add 1/2 cup water. Add 1 table spoon lime juice, 2- pinch of cardomom powder and 1/4 teaspoon kesar to it. Bring it to a boil, and keep stiring. Ensure that the sugar does not burn. When the syrup become little thick remove it from flame.

Add the fried jalebis to the sugar syrup while it is hot. Delicately move around the jalebis in the sugar syrup so that all of them covered with the sugar syrup.

Serve hot or cold, as per taste.

Tip: Serve jalebis with poha and hot milk in the breakfast. This is a very wonderful and healthy breakfast. Many people eat Jalebi soaked in milk to treat headaches.




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