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Food/Recipe
Jalebi
Prep20 mins
Cook30 mins
Total50 mins
🌍 Indian🍽️ Dessert👥 4 servings
Ingredients
- 🍚 Maida (All-purpose flour) – 1 cup
- 🥄 Besan (Gram flour) – 2 tbsp
- 🍶 Yogurt – 2 tbsp
- 💛 Turmeric powder – a pinch
- 💧 Water – as needed
- 🍬 Sugar – 1.5 cups
- 🍋 Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- 🌿 Saffron strands – a few
- 🛢️ Ghee or Oil – for frying
Instructions
- 🥣 Prepare batter: Mix maida, besan, yogurt, turmeric, and water until smooth.
- ♨️ Ferment: Let the batter rest for 1-2 hours in a warm place.
- 🍯 Make sugar syrup: Boil sugar and water with lemon juice and saffron until slightly thick.
- 🔥 Fry jalebis: Heat ghee/oil, pipe batter into spiral shapes, and fry until golden and crispy.
- 🍯 Soak in syrup: Dip fried jalebis in warm sugar syrup for a few minutes, then serve warm. ✨