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JALEBI

JALEBI

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Serves: 5-6

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Indian sweet dish for every occasion

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Ingredients

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  • 300 grams flour
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
  • yoghurt (optional)
  • 500 grams sugar
  • 3 drops food colouring (yellow)
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • clarified butter (for deep frying)

Method

  1. Mix flour, soda and Yogurt. Add some water and make a batter. Leave it overnight to ferment.
  2. Mix it, add a little water if required and make it into a pouring consistency.
  3. Prepare sugar syrup with equal quantity of sugar and water. Add green cardamom powder and cook it for 20-25 minutes.
  4. Heat Ghee in a Kadhai.
  5. Pour batter into a jalebi cloth and then pour it into medium hot Ghee giving jalebi shapes.
  6. Cook it from both sides. Remove and keep it in sugar syrup for at least 5 minutes before serving.
  7. Serve with hot thickened milk

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