Jalebi

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Happy Hindu New year to one and all :) :) ... May this mew year brings happiness and prosperity for everyone ... God bless us all with his blessings.... New year relates to new hopes... new desires...  new challenges ....new life... new aspirations .... new resolutions ... new changes... etc ... so many things attached to a new year... It all depends on individual how and in what way the new year will bring change in his/her life... But one thing we should remember in this new year... "We need to SAVE WATER".... yes you people read correct... Water the basic necessity ... Day by day its scarcity is increasing... Each and everyone should come forward and save water in his /her level.. We need to save for our future generations... Try to use as minimum as possible... and if you see someone is misusing try to make them understand their mistake... Hope everyone who ever reading this blog take oath to save water....

Lets move ahead.... in order to celebrate any festival ... we first eat sweet dish... so that everything will feel with sweet things in our life.... On Hindu new year ...  most of the people make PURONPOLI .... its a like a Indian bread stuffed with sweet Lentil mixture and roasted in pan with lots of ghee ... It taste too too yummy... I love to eat those in my child hood when mom use to prepare for us... Also some people will make Shrikhand... another  sweet dish made by hung curd.. sugar ... dry fruits and saffron.It also taste awesome... But this time I want to make something different .. other then this two traditional dishes.... So made JALEBI :) :) .... 

Jalebi is a very popular sweet from the Indian cuisine. Jalebi is a hot favourite on any special occasion be it a birthday, wedding or festival. Jalebis though mostly eaten by themselves, can also be soaked in warm milk. To make jalebi, first the flour batter is fermented. Then later, the batter is poured in a spiral shape in hot oil and deep fried. Then these fried spirals are soaked in sugar syrup for a few minutes and then served. so what you get are crisp, syrupy, juicy and crunchy jalebis.So let's start with the detailed recipe.

Ingredients :-

1 and 1/2 cup of all purpose flour or maida
3-4 tsp of curd
1 full tbsp of garmflour or besan
2tsp of oil
1 cup of sugar + 3/4cup of water ( For sugar syrup)

6-7 saffron strands for sugar syrup

1/4 tsp of orange color (optional)

Water

Ghee or Clarified butter for frying

Procedure :-

In a bowl add maida , curd and garam flour.Mix it well to avoid all lumps.Add water if required.Whisk it well in a batter which should have dropping consistency.Now add oil and again whisk.We need to whisk it properly so that we can make it airy.It will help in fermentation.Let the batter rest in some warm place for 12-15 hours.

After 12-15 hours, first prepare sugar syrup.For Jalebis we need one thread consistency sugar syrup.In a pan add sugar and water as given in ingredients.Wait till it come to boil.If you think there are impurities in sugar, add 2-3 tsp of milk.Once milk is mixed and mixture comes to boil.All dirt will come above the mixture.Carefully remove the dirt with the help of spatula.Now add saffron and color to the syrup.Check by taking a drop of syrup between finger and thumb.If you can see a thread then we are good to go.Otherwise heat for some more time.

Now in a flat pan heat the ghee on medium Flame.Take a sauce bottle or if you don't have take a ziploc bag .. fill it with batter and then make a small cut at the bottom(giving it shape like a cone).Once hot make jalebi.Once cooked on one side turn it.Then drop in sugar syrup.Let it in sugar syrup for less then 50sec... If you keep for more time in sugar syrup, it will become soggy. Serve hot.

Note :- You can use cardamon or any other flavoring for syrup if you want.

Hope you and your family will enjoy jalebis at home... My family and friends loved it... It was my first try and I was very happy by the outcome :) :)... Will come soon with new recipe... Till then good bye... tc...  and yes SAVE WATER... SAVE EARTH... PLANT TREES ....