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HOW TO MAKE SWEET & TASTY JALEBI

Jalebi



A spiral shaped crunchy sweet dipped in saffron laced sugar syrup, is the traditional Indian sweet. It is generally prepared on the festivals like Diwali and Ramadan and enjoyed with milk or other Indian snacks. There are two ways to prepare it; Traditional method and Instant method. In traditional method, batter prepared from maida and yogurt is fermented for 24 hours whereas In instant method, the batter is prepared using instant yeast and doesn’t require fermentation. You can make jalebis at home by following any method you desire but Jalebi prepared by traditional method tastes better.

There are 3-main steps to make this yummy sweet at home; in first step, a batter is prepared from maida and yogurt either using fermentation method (traditional method) or using instant yeast (instant method), in second step, a sugar syrup is prepared, and in last step, round spirals are made from the batter directly into hot oil and deep fried until crispy and then soaked in warm sugar syrup. This step by step recipe of Jalebi uses the traditional method.

Preparation Time: 24 hours 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients For Batter:

1/2 cup Maida/All Purpose Flour

1 tablespoon Corn Flour (white corn starch) or Aararoot Powder

1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder

A pinch of Turmeric Powder (to get yellow color)

1/4 cup Curd (yogurt)

1/4 cup Water

Ingredients For Syrup:

1/2 cup Sugar

1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Water

1 teaspoon Lemon Juice

A pinch of Cardamom Powder (elayachi)

5-7 strands of Saffron (kesar), optional



Directions for making Jalebi Batter:



Sieve 1/2 cup maida in a medium bowl. Add 1-tablespoon corn flour (white corn starch), 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, a pinch of turmeric powder and 1/4 cup yogurt.






Add water as needed (approx. 1/4 cup) and make a thick batter having consistency similar to vada batter (or little thicker than idli batter). Make sure that there are no lumps in batter.






Cover the batter with a lid and keep it at room temperature for 24 hours to ferment. After 24 hours, remove the lid. The batter will have tiny bubbles on the surface and mild sour smell. Unlike Idli batter, its volume will not increase.






Stir the batter well with a spoon.









It should have sticky and dropping consistency. If the batter is too thin, jalebi will turn crispy but flat and if the batter is too thick, jalebi will turn soft and thick.






Pour the batter into an empty ketchup bottle or jalebi maker bottle or in a thick ziplock bag.

Directions for making Sugar Syrup for Jalebi:



Add sugar, saffron strands, cardamom powder and water in a deep container and heat it over medium flame.






Cook until the syrup reaches to 1-string consistency.






When it reaches to 1-string consistency, add lemon juice. Mix well. Turn off the flame. Syrup is ready. [When you start making jalebis, heat the sugar syrup over low flame to keep it warm when the jalebis are dipped in it in next step.]

How to make Jalebis:



Heat ghee/oil in a wide mouthed flat pan over medium flame to deep fry the jalebis. In this recipe, oil + 2 tablespoons ghee is used for deep frying. To check whether oil is ready for deep frying or not, add a drop of batter into hot oil and if it comes immediately on the surface without changing the color, oil is ready. When oil is ready, make round jalebis by squeezing the bottle (or ziplock bag) and moving it in a circular direction starting from the center towards the outside (or start from outside and move towards the center). Make 2-3 spirals of batter (or more or less depending on the size of a pan). If the jalebi doesn’t have perfect shape, don’t worry, as it requires some practice to make the perfect round shape. Its shape doesn’t affect its taste and texture.






Flip 2-3 times (or as needed) using a tong to deep fry them evenly.






Deep fry them until light golden and crispy.






Remove it from the oil using a tong and immediately put it into the warm sugar syrup. Syrup should we warm or little hot, it shouldn’t be cold. Keep it in syrup for approx. 2-minutes; flip it once after a minute.






Remove it from the syrup using a fork and transfer it to a plate. Jalebi is now ready for serving.

Tips and Variations:

If the batter is too thick, jalebi will turn soft and if it is watery, jalebi will turn flat and crispy.

Lemon juice is added while making syrup to prevent sugar syrup from solidifying. It doesn’t affect the taste of syrup.

Add few teaspoons of maida and mix the batter well if the batter turns watery after fermentation.

Taste: Sweet and Crispy

Serving Ideas:Enjoy jalebi on its own or with namkeens/snacks like chivda, crispy methi puri, namak pare, chakli, gathiya etc. It can also be served with rabdi as a dessert after dinner
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