Jalebi

Jalebi is a popular Indian sweet dish. 





Ingredients

For Jalebi

1 cup All Purpose Flour ( Maida)
2 Tbsp Gram Flour ( Besan)
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 Cup Water
1-2 Tbsp All Purpose Flour ( to be added after fermentation)
Oil for frying
Icing bag with medium nozzle


For Syrup

1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Water
1/4 tsp Saffron
1/4 tsp Lemon Juice


Procedure

 Jalebi batter

In a mixing bowl, take all purpose flour, add 2 tbsp gram flour, a pinch of baking soda. Mix well, add water add 3/4 cup first mix well, to reach the desired consistency add more. Stir the batter briskly for 4-5 minutes. This will help adding volume to the batter and make it even and smooth. The batter should have a flowing consistency. Now cover and leave the batter overnight for fermenting in a warm place. The fermented batter will have some bubbles on the top. Stir the batter and you will observe the batter has become slightly diluted. So to reach the desired consistency and make it thicker add 1-2 tbsp all purpose flour. Mix well.this is how the batter looks the next day. you will see small bubbles on the top.

Now pour the batter into an icing/piping bag.

Sugar Syrup

Take sugar in a pan, add saffron strands to it.  Add water, keep the pan on low flame and keep stiring so the sugar dissolves. Cook till you get one string consistency in the sugar syrup. Turn off the flame and add lemon juice. Stir well. Keep the sugar syrup warm by leaving it on the burner itself.

Heat oil for deep frying in a pan. ( Using Desi Ghee gives better flavor) Add a tiny amount of batter to the oil to see if its ready for frying. Now squeeze the icing bag and make rings with the batter. Starting from the center move around. It requires a little effort to get the desired shape. Fry from both sides till golden brown, using a tong drain the excess oil into the pan and put the jalebi in the sugar syrup. Keep them in the hot syrup for 2-3 minutes. Remove using the tong and shake lightly to remove excess syrup. Serve hot you can also serve jalebis with curd. Garnish with fresh red rose petals!!!