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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Instant Jalebis

Ingredients for the Recipe
For the batter :

• 1 teacup self-raising flour
• a pinch baking powder
• ½ teacup fresh curds
• ghee for deep frying

For the syrup :

• 1 teacup sugar
• ½ tsp saffron
• 2 tsp rose water

For garnishing :

• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tbsp blanched and sliced pistachios
• rose petals (optional)

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Sieve the flour with the baking powder.
2. Put ½ teacup of water to the curds and beat well.
3. Melt the sugar in 1 teacup of water and boil for 5 minutes.
4. Warm the saffron in a small vessel, put a little milk and rub until the saffron dissolves.
5. Add to the syrup. Put the rose water.
6. The syrup should be of 1 thread consistency. Keep the syrup warm.

How to proceed :

1. Heat the ghee in a non-stick frying pan.
2. Select a plastic bottle with a small hole in the lid and fill with the batter.
3. Press the batter out from the bottle into the hot ghee in the form of a jalebi.
4. Fry on both sides.
5. Take out and wait for 1 minute.
6. Drop the fried jalebis into the hot syrup.
7. Keep for 2 minutes and then remove.
8. Sprinkle with cardamom powder, pistachios and rose petals.
9. Ready to serve hot.