Jalebi Recipe

Jalebi is a street dessert, popular all over pakistan and other south asian countries. It's available at almost every samosa shop/stall in Pakistan, mostly in evening. A very simple recipe with a very unique taste. It is made with flour(maida) and shaped like a pretzel. There are many different recipes to make jalebi, and they are good too but I'm going to share a simple recipe without yeast and the result will be awesome. Whether it's a rainy day or just a common day,  hot jalebis can always make your day. The best thing about jalebi is that it's crispy outside and is filled with sugar syrup inside. Many people think it's really difficult to make perfect jalebi,  and you should be very skillful to make it,  but i don't think so. It's not so difficult to make, you can make many jalebis within few minutes. Just follow the steps below and see how easily you can make perfect crispy jalebis at home. 

Ingredients:

• Flour(maida) 1 cup
• Cornflour 4 tbsp
• Baking soda 1/4 tsp
• Yogurt 4 tbsp
• Orange food color 1/4 tsp
• Water 2/3 cup
• Oil for frying 

For sugar syrup :

• Sugar 2 cups
• Water 1 cup
• Green cardamom 4-5
• A pinch of Citric acid / or Lemon juice 1 tsp

Method :

• Mix flour, cornflour and baking soda in a bowl. 

• Add yogurt,  orange food colour and half cup of water in it and whisk properly with egg beater until the batter becomes smooth and has no lumps. 

• Leave for half an hour. 

• Make sugar syrup by cooking 2 cups of sugar in a cup of water and 4-5 green cardamoms.  Let it simmer for 3 minutes and turn off the flame. 

• Add citric acid(tatri) in sugar syrup and if you don't have it,  just add 1 tsp of lemon juice. 

• Heat oil or ghee in a wok. 

• Fill your batter in a piping bag and cut a small hole in it. (In street stalls,  a piece of cloth with a hole in the middle is used to make jalebi but it will be difficult to use).  I used ketchup bottle with a small nossel. 

• Hold the piping bag firmly and quickly make jalebis in hot oil.  Oil should be hot otherwise the jalebis will not puff. 

• Fry until you feel the jalebis turn crisp.

• Now it is time to dip into sugar syrup but make sure that sugar syrup should be warm,  not hot. Leave jalebis in sugar syrup for 2-3 minutes maximum. 

• Serve hot.