Jalebis
Jalebis are crispy on the outside with a soft saffron-syrup filled inside. Tastes best fresh.
Ingredients
- Saffron-cardamom syrup
- 1 cup of sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- pinch of Saffron
- 3 cardamom pods
- Make the jalebi
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1/4 cup gram flour
- 1 tsp baking soda bicarb
- 1/4 tsp saffron food colour
- 1 cup of water
- 3 tbsp melted butter
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 2-3 cups oil to fry jalebi
- pistachios to garnish optional
Instructions
- Make the sugar syrup
- In a thick bottomed pan, add the sugar, water, saffron and cardamom pods.
- Bring mixture to a boil
- Once bubbles cover the top of the syrup, switch the fire off and cover the syrup.
- Jalebi
- In a bowl, add the All purpose flour, gram flour, bicarb and food colour. Mix well
- In a separate bowl, add the water, melted butter and vinegar. Stir well.
- Add the water mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk well to make a smooth batter
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag.
- In a thick bottomed pan, add the cooking oil. Heat the oil until it gets to the right temperature. You can test this by dipping a wooden skewer in the oil. If bubbles form around the skewer then you're ready for the next step.
- Reduce the flame to medium-low and pipe the jalebi batter into the hot oil in a circular motion.