Jalebi Recipe | How to make Jalebi at home?

Jalebi is the national sweet of India. It is a mouth watering treat for all age groups.

Serves : 4 People

Ingredients:

• 200 g refined flour(Maida)
• 1 tablespoon Bengal Gram flour(Besan)
• 1 tsp dry active yeast
• ½ tsp sugar
• Oil or ghee for frying

For syrup

• 400 grams sugar
• 1 cup water
• Few saffron threads

Method 

1. Mix sugar ,dry active yeast and 2 tablespoons mild hot water. Leave it for 5-10 minutes.
2. Sieve refined and bengal gram flour in a large bowl. Add water and rinse the mixute well with neat hands to form a thick batter.
3. Now put yeast mixture and mix well and keep the mixture in a warm place for 6 to 8 hours.
4. After 8 hours the mixture ferments and gets puffed up and it is ready to make jalebi.
5. To make sweet syrup mix sugar and water and boil on the gas till complete sugar dissolves. 
6. When the sugar melts completely then cook for further 5 -6 minutes.Add Saffron threads and to the sugar syrup,mix and set aside.Put off the stove/gas.
7. Now heat ghee or oil in a flat wide pan.
8. Put jalebi mixture into plastic packet and make a small hole in the corner. 
9. By pressing plastic packets from the top , pour in the jalebi mix into the hot oil in shape of Jalebis of 3-4 inches in diameter.
10. Cook jalebis on medium heat until it turn golden. Take the galebis out of oil and pour into sugar syrup for 3-4 minutes. 
11. You will need to fry jalebis in batches and repeat the same process of putting in sugar syrup
12. Serve hot galebis along with rabri(another traditional Indian sweet dish)

Note : We can also use muslin clothe and make a hole in bottom instead of plastic packets.

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