Jilebi

Jilebi

 

Ingredients

• Refined flour (Maida)300 gms.
• Green cardamom powder ½ tsp.
• Curd (yogurt) optional
• Sugar 500 gms.
• Color (optional) a few drops
• Soda bi-carb 1 tsp.
• Ghee or refined oil for deep frying.

Procedure

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

Tips

For jilebi cloth, take some stiff cloth and make a 3 mm hole in the center.