Instant Jalebi

Jalebi is a sweet that is made throughout India, Pakistan, and the Middle East. This is the instant version quick to make and eat.

Ingredients:

For batter

•          1cupMaida 

•           2tbs Corn flour

•           3tsp Curd 

•           1/2tsp Vinegar 

•           1/2 Eno salt

•           1/2 cup Water

•            A pinch red food color

•            1tsp ghee

 For sugar syrup

•           1 cup Sugar

•           1/2cup Water

•           1tsp Lemon juice

•           Oil/ ghee for frying

Method:

•          To begin with, make sugar syrup. Take sugar and water in a sauce pan, boil them till the sugar dissolves and forms consistency such that when you rub some syrup with your thumb and index finger and stretch it a single thread forms. At this point add lemon juice mix and put off the flame.

•          Now in a bowl add all the ingredients and add water little by little and make a lumps free batter which is not too thick nor thin.

•          In the end add eno fruit salt and vinegar.

•          Give it a quick mix and transfer the batter to a ketchup bottle or a zip lock bag.

•          Heat ghee in a kadai, once the oil is hot turn the ketchup bottle upside down and make quick round swirls in the oil.

•          In a very low flame fry the jalebis flipping both the sides till crispy.

•          Once fried transfer the Jalebis to the prepared sugar syrup and soak them just for1 min and them remove them quickly in a plate.

•          Repeat the same for the rest of the jalebi batter.

•          Serve it as a dessert.

Recipe Credit: From a cook book.

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